An automatic image based single dilution method for end point titre quantitation of antinuclear antibodies tests using HEp-2 cells

Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Wiliem, Arnold ^a   Hobson, Peter ^b   Minchin, Rodney F ^c   Lovell, Brian C ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANA; Antinuclear antibodies; autoimmune disease; Automatic titration; HEp 2 cells; image analysis; Image processing; Indirect Immunofluorescent; single dilutions

Indexed keywords

ANA; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL SETTINGS; DILUTION METHOD; END POINTS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-BASED METHODS; INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENT; SERIAL DILUTIONS; SPECIMEN IMAGES; STANDARD CURVES;

ANTIBODIES; CYTOLOGY; DILUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TITRATION;

SCREENING;

EID: 84856987072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DICTA.2011.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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