Ultra-fast processing of gigapixel Tissue MicroArray images using high performance computing

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 271-285

  Wang, Yinhai ^a   McCleary, David ^b   Wang, Ching Wei ^c   Kelly, Paul ^d   James, Jackie ^a   Fennell, Dean A ^a   Hamilton, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b I Path Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; dynamic load balancing; high performance computing; parallel processing; Tissue MicroArray; TMA; virtual slide

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; TISSUE MICROARRAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE; TIME; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955669996     PISSN: 22107177     EISSN: 22107185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ACP-CLO-2010-0551     Document Type: Article

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