Fractal dimension of cell clusters in effusion cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 866-868

  Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Dey, Pranab ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

effusion cytology; fractal dimension; fractal geometry

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

ASCITIC FLUID; CELL AGGREGATION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FRACTALS; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 78649651286     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21299     Document Type: Article

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