Digital image analysis in pathology: Benefits and obligation

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Laurinavicius, Arvydas ^a   Laurinaviciene, Aida ^a   Dasevicius, Darius ^a   Elie, Nicolas ^b   Plancoulaine, Benoît ^b   Bor, Catherine ^b,c   Herlin, Paulette ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c F Baclesse Comprehensive Cancer Center   (France)

Author keywords

image processing; quality control; Quantitative pathology; stereology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORALITY; PATHOLOGIST; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84856759479     PISSN: 22107177     EISSN: 22107185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ACP-2011-0033     Document Type: Article

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