Histomorphometry of tumour cell nuclei in astrocytomas using shape analysis, densitometry and topometric analysis

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-44

  Nafe, Reinhold ^a,c   Schlote, W ^a   Schneider, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Brain tumours; Densitometry; Morphometry; Topometry

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOMETRY; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; DENSITOMETRY; DIGITAL FILTERING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; MORPHOMETRICS; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TOPOMETRY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 13544255387     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2004.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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