Liver fibrosis and tissue architectural change measurement using fractal-rectified metrics and Hurst's exponent

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2187-2194

  Dioguardi, Nicola ^a,b   Grizzi, Fabio ^a,b   Franceschini, Barbara ^a,b   Bossi, Paola ^a   Russo, Carlo ^a,b  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Michele Rodriguez Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Image; Liver; Staging

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COLLAGEN; NEW DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERIMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 33646248887     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i14.2187     Document Type: Article

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