Angioarchitectural heterogeneity in human glioblastoma multiforme: A fractal-based histopathological assessment

Microvascular Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-230

  Di Ieva, Antonio ^a,b   Grizzi, Fabio ^c   Sherif, Camillo ^d   Matula, Christian ^b   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^d KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angioarchitecture; Box counting algorithm; Brain tumor; Fractal dimension; Fractal geometry; Glioblastoma multiforme; Vascular system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIGENS, CD34; FRACTALS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79651474247     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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