Image analysis of breast cancer immunohistochemistry-stained sections using imageJ: An RGB-based model

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4995-4998

  Vrekoussis, T ^a   Chaniotis, V ^b   Navrozoglou, I ^a   Dousias, V ^a   Pavlakis, K ^c   Stathopoulos, E N ^b   Zoras, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATIN-19; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 75149198641     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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