Computer-aided techniques for chromogenic immunohistochemistry: Status and directions

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1012-1025

  Di Cataldo, Santa ^a   Ficarra, Elisa ^a   Macii, Enrico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell segmentation; Image processing; Immunohistochemistry; Protein expression; Scoring; Tissue segmentation

Indexed keywords

CELL SEGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; SCORING; TISSUE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TISSUE;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84866479596     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2012.08.004     Document Type: Review

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