Characterization of nuclear images based on analysis of fractional summation systems

Fractals

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-169

  Wu, Hai Shan ^a   Einstein, Andrew J ^b   Deligdisch, Liane ^a   Kalir, Tamara ^a   Gil, Joan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fractal; Fractional Summation; Microscopic Image; Ovary Cell

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHARACTERIZATION; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; ERROR DETECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

FRACTIONAL BROWNIAN MOTION (FBM); FRACTIONAL SUMMATION SYSTEM (FSS); MEAN-SQUARE-ERROR (MSE); SHIFT-INVARIANT;

FRACTALS;

EID: 7544247992     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X04002483     Document Type: Article

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