Quantifying the architectural complexity of microscopic images of histology specimens

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-494

  Tambasco, Mauro ^a   Costello, Bridget M ^a   Kouznetsov, Alexei ^a   Yau, Annie ^a   Magliocco, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architectural complexity; Fractal analysis; Morphometry; Prostate cancer; Reproducibility; Tumour grade

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEXITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOUR GRADE;

ARCHITECTURE; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER BEAM WELDING; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PIXELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TUMORS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMETRY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63549092413     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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