Evaluation of the invasion front pattern of squamous cell cervical carcinoma by measuring classical and discrete compactness

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 428-435

  Einenkel, Jens ^a   Braumann, Ulf Dietrich ^a   Horn, Lars Christian ^a   Pannicke, Nadine ^a   Kuska, Jens Peer ^a   Schütz, Alexander ^a   Hentschel, Bettina ^a   Höckel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Compactness; Invasion front pattern; Morphometry; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE COMPACTNESS; FRONT PATTERN; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (SCC);

BINARY IMAGES; CELLS; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLASSICAL COMPACTNESS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DISCRETE COMPACTNESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PARAMETER; PATHOLOGIST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447248806     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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