Automatic quantification of histological studies in allergic asthma

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Abella, Mónica ^a   Zubeldia, José Manuel ^a   Conejero, Laura ^a,c   Malpica, Norberto ^b   Vaquero, Juan José ^a   Desco, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Co occurrence matrix; Image analysis; Lung tissue; Microscopy; Segmentation; Texture

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASTHMA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65349159152     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20648     Document Type: Article

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