Digital image analysis and stereology of angiogenesis in polypoid and nonpolypoid colorectal adenomas

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 201-206

  Tarta, Cláudio ^a,e   Da Silva, Vinícius Duval ^a   Teixeira, Cláudio Rolim ^b   Prolla, João Carlos ^a   Meurer, Luise ^a   Neto, Cesar Chiele ^c   Tanaka, Shinji ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fund Univ de Gastroenterologia

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis, pathologic; Blood vessels; Image analysis, computer assisted; Microvessels; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONPOLYPOID COLORECTAL ADENOMA; POLYPOID COLORECTAL ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 4143069063     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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