Multispectral classification techniques for terahertz pulsed imaging: An example in histopathology

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-430

  Berry, Elizabeth ^a   Handley, James W ^a   Fitzgerald, Anthony J ^a,c   Merchant, W J ^b   Boyle, Roger D ^a   Zinov'ev, N N ^a,d   Miles, Robert E ^a   Chamberlain, J Martyn ^a   Smith, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Clustering; Histopathology; Melanoma; Multispectral classification; Terahertz pulsed imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

HISTOPATHOLOGY; PARAMETRIC IMAGES; PULSED IMAGING;

HISTOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; STAINING; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MICROWAVES; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION, NONIONIZING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442426305     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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