Morphometric analysis using automated image analysis of CD34-positive vessels in salivary gland acinic cell carcinoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 869-873

  Luukkaa, Heikki ^a   Laitakari, Jaakko ^b   Vahlberg, Tero ^a   Klemi, Pekka ^a   Grénman, Reidar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; CD34; Morphometry; Salivary gland cancer

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CD34 SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548302099     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480601053099     Document Type: Article

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