New computerized color image analysis for the quantification of interstitial fibrosis in renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 890-899

  Meas Yedid, Vannary ^a   Servais, Aude ^b   Noël, Laure Hélène ^b   Panterne, Clarisse ^b,c   Landais, Paul ^b   Hervé, Nicolas ^a   Brousse, Nicole ^b   Kreis, Henri ^b   Legendre, Christophe ^a,c,d   Thervet, Eric ^b,c,d   Olivo Marin, Jean Christophe ^a   Morelon, Emmanuel ^c,e  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Centaure Foundation Nantes   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Banff classification Masson trichrome; Chronic allograft nephropathy.; Color image analysis; Interstitial fibrosis quantification; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 80054763761     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31822d879a     Document Type: Article

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