A novel technique to assess chromatin texture using pixel optical densitometry in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1119-1123

  Natarajan, Srikant ^a   Juneja, Manish ^b   Pallam, Nandita Kottieth ^a   Boaz, Karen ^a   Mohindra, Aashima ^a   Lewis, Amitha ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Krishna Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatin texture; Malignant transformation; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Pixel optical density

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); GRAPHIC METHODS;

CHROMATIN TEXTURE; FOUR-GROUP; HIGH GRADES; LOW GRADE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATIONS; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DENSITOMETRY; ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMATA; PIXEL OPTICAL DENSITY;

PIXELS;

EID: 84864300013     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22039     Document Type: Article

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