An automated method for the quantification and fractal analysis of immunostaining

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-134

  Gerger, Armin ^a   Bergthaler, Patrick ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fractal geometry; Image analysis; Immunostaining; Quantification; Tissue counter analysis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEVICE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD45; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344681390     PISSN: 15705870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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