γH2AX foci as a measure of DNA damage: A computational approach to automatic analysis

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Ivashkevich, Alesia N ^a   Martin, Olga A ^b   Smith, Andrea J ^a   Redon, Christophe E ^b   Bonner, William M ^b   Martin, Roger F ^a   Lobachevsky, Pavel N ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; DNA damage; Fluorescence microscopy; Gamma H2AX foci; Ionising radiation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JEJUNUM; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; TONGUE; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956217241     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: 09218262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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