Automatic segmentation of cell nuclei in bladder and skin tissue for karyometric analysis

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Korde, Vrushali R ^a,b   Bartels, Hubert ^a,c   Barton, Jennifer ^a   Ranger Moore, James ^a,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cell nucleus; Karyometry; Segmentation; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL NUCLEUS; HAND; HISTOGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KARYOMETRY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64549123004     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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