PathGrid: A service-orientated architecture for microscopy image analysis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1925, 2010, Pages 3937-3952

  Walton, N A ^a   Brenton, J D ^b,c   Caldas, C ^b,c   Irwin, M J ^a   Akram, A ^a   Gonzalez Solares, E ^a   Lewis, J R ^a   Maccallum, P H ^b   Morris, L J ^b   Rixon, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Image processing; Information extraction; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES; BREAST CANCER; CURRENT SYSTEM; DATA DISCOVERY; DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEM; EASE OF USE; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; IMAGING SURVEYS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION EXTRACTION; MEDICAL MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY IMAGES; OESTROGEN RECEPTORS; PILOT STUDIES; SENSITIVITY VALUES; SERVICE-ORIENTATED ARCHITECTURE; TECHNIQUES USED; VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENTS;

DATA HANDLING;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77956490569     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0158     Document Type: Article

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