Distribution of nuclear size and internuclear distance are important criteria for grading astrocytomas

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-56

  Nafe, R ^a   Van De Nes, J ^b   Yan, B ^a   Schlote, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytomas; Brain tumors; Gliomas; Grading; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 31544452550     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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