Image analysis of irregularity of cluster shape in cytological diagnosis of breast tumors: Cluster analysis with 2D-fractal dimension

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-77

  Yokoyama, Toshiro ^a   Kawahara, Akihiko ^a   Kage, Masayoshi ^a   Kojiro, Masamichi ^b   Takayasu, Hideki ^c   Sato, Takashi ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SONY COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cytology; Cluster analysis; Cluster shape; Fractal image analysis; Irregularity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOFIBROMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 23044461133     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20309     Document Type: Article

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