Value of computer-assisted quantitative nuclear morphometry for differentiation of reactive renal tubular cells from low-grade urothelial carcinoma

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Ohsaki, H ^a   Hirakawa, E ^a   Kagawa, K ^b   Nakamura, M ^b   Kiyomoto, H ^c   Haba, R ^d  

^a KAGAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

computer assisted image analysis; quantitative cytomorphological features; reactive renal tubular cells; renal disease; urine cytology; urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TUBULES;

EID: 77956327948     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2009.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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