Computer-assisted image analysis of liver collagen: Relationship to Ishak scoring and hepatic venous pressure gradient

Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1236-1244

  Calvaruso, Vincenza ^a   Burroughs, Andrew Kenneth ^a   Standish, Richard ^a   Manousou, Pinelopi ^a   Grillo, Frederica ^a   Leandro, Gioacchino ^b   Maimone, Sergio ^a   Pleguezuelo, Maria ^a   Xirouchakis, Ilias ^a   Guerrini, Gian Piero ^a   Patch, David ^a   Yu, Dominic ^a   O'Beirne, James ^a   Dhillon, Amar Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico De Bellis Castellana Grotte   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DYE; SIRUS RED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISHAK SCORE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LIVER VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VENOUS PRESSURE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 65449131588     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22745     Document Type: Article

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