Interobserver reproducibility of DNA-image-cytometry in ASCUS or higher cervical cytology

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Nguyen, Vu Quoc Huy ^a,b   Grote, Hans Jürgen ^b   Pomjanski, Natalia ^b   Knops, Kristiane ^b   Böcking, Alfred ^b  

^a HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology; DNA image cytometry; Interobserver reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEUPLOIDY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 4344675643     PISSN: 15705870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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