Shape discrimination by total curvature, with a view to cancer diagnostics

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-59

  Gardner, Richard J ^a   Hobolth, A ^b   Jensen, E B V ^c   Sorensen F B ^d  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bioinformatics Research Center   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d University Institute of Pathology Arhus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnostics; Local stereology; Total curvature

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS;

BE STARS; CANCER DIAGNOSTICS; FINITE NUMBER; LOCAL STEREOLOGY; PLANAR SECTIONS; SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SIMPLE++; STAR-SHAPED; STEREOLOGY; TOTAL CURVATURE;

DISEASES;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 13244289886     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2720.2005.01435.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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