An improved image analysis method for cell counting lends credibility to the prognostic significance of T cells in colorectal cancer

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 460, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-465

  Väyrynen, Juha P ^a   Vornanen, Juha O ^a   Sajanti, Sara ^a   Böhm, Jan P ^b   Tuomisto, Anne ^a   Mäkinen, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Computer assisted image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular marker; Prognosis; Tcell

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOBENZIDINE; HEMATOXYLIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER RESEARCH; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED CELL COUNTING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84863727025     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1232-0     Document Type: Article

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