3-D fractal tumor growth of epithelial ovarian cancer

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-565

  Kikuchi, A ^a   Kozuma, S ^b   Yasugi, T ^b   Taketani, Y ^b  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial ovarian cancer; Fractal analysis; Fractal dimension; Fractal geometry; Fractals

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846516379     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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