Erythrocyte morphology automated analysis: Proposal for a new prediction tool of essential hypertension diagnosis

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Teodori, Laura ^a   Accorsi, Augusto ^b   Uguccioni, Francesco ^b   Rocchi, Marco B L ^b   Baldoni, Francesco ^c   Piatti, Elena ^b   Albertini, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell imaging; EH early prediction; Erythrocytes; Essential hypertension; Predictive medicine; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34247594836     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20147     Document Type: Article

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