A rule-based computer scheme for centromere identification and polarity assignment of metaphase chromosomes

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-42

  Wang, Xingwei ^a   Zheng, Bin ^b   Li, Shibo ^c   Mulvihill, John J ^c   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere identification; Fully medial axis finding; Human chromosomes; Karyotyping; Polarity assignment

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); LOGIC PROGRAMMING; ONCOLOGY;

CENTROMERE IDENTIFICATION; FULLY MEDIAL AXIS FINDING; HUMAN CHROMOSOMES; KARYOTYPING; POLARITY ASSIGNMENTS;

CHROMOSOMES;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; KARYOTYPING; METAPHASE;

ALGORITHMS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; METAPHASE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 37549068466     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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