A multidimensional classification approach for the automated analysis of flow cytometry data

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1155-1162

  Pedreira, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Costa, Elaine S ^a   Arroyo, M Elena ^b   Almeida, Julia ^b   Orfao, Alberto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Investigacion del Cancer   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automation; B cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorders; Cancer; Flow cytometry; Leukemia; Lymphocytosis; Pattern classification; Vector quantization

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

B CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; LEUKEMIA;

AUTOMATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39749192027     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.915729     Document Type: Article

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