Nuclear fractal dimension as a prognostic factor in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-353

  Goutzanis, L ^a   Papadogeorgakis, N ^a   Pavlopoulos, P M ^b   Katti, K ^b   Petsinis, V ^a   Plochoras, I ^c   Pantelidaki, C ^c   Kavantzas, N ^b   Patsouris, E ^b   Alexandridis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dimension; Fractal; Image analysis; Morphometry; Oral cancer; Prognostic factors; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH MUCOSA; NUCLEAR FRACTAL DIMENSION; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749115126     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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