Fractal Dimension in Aspiration Cytology Smears of Breast and Cervical Lesions

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-112

  Ohri, Shivani ^a   Dey, Pranab ^a,b   Nijhawan, Raje ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Cervix neoplasms; Fractals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1942470909     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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