Automated virtual microscopy of gastric biopsies

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 423-431

  Ficsor, Levente ^a   Varga, Viktor ^a   Berczi, Lajos ^a   Miheller, Pal ^a   Tagscherer, Attila ^b   Wu, Mark Li Cheng ^c   Tulassay, Zsolt ^a   Molnar, Bela ^a,d,e  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b 3DHISTECH Ltd   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Automated classification; Digital microscopy; Image segmentation; Stomach; Tissue cytometric parameter; Virtual slide

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH GLAND;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750480546     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20119     Document Type: Article

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