Three-dimensional visualization and quantitative analysis of cervical cell nuclei with confocal laser scanning microscopy

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-180

  Choi, Hyun Ju ^a   Choi, Ik Hwan ^b   Kim, Tae Yun ^a   Cho, Nam Hoon ^c   Choi, Heung Kook ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Ensoltek Co   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3 dimensional feature extraction; 3 dimensional visualization; Cell nucleus; Cervix; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVIX UTERI; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 22144495067     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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