Fractal Dimension in Endometrial Carcinoma

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-116

  Dey, Pranab ^a,b   Rajesh, Logasundaram ^a  

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

^b KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Box counting; Endometrial cancer; Fractals

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 1942503177     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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