Efficacy of ImageJ in the assessment of apoptosis

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Helmy, Iman M ^a   Abdel Azim, Adel M ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hep2 cell; Image analysis; NAF (nuclear area factor)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CISPLATIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84856566539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-15     Document Type: Article

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