Mathematical modeling of the malignancy of cancer using graph evolution

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 514-527

  Gunduz Demir, Cigdem ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glioma; Graph evolution; Graph theory; Histopathological image analysis; Mathematical cancer grading; Mathematical modeling of cancer malignancy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAPH THEORY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

CANCER MALIGNANCY; GRAPH EVOLUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL CANCER GRADING;

TUMORS;

BRAIN; CANCER; GRAPHICAL METHOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER TISSUE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548580545     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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