Sample size requirement for digital image analysis of collagen proportionate area in cirrhotic livers

Histopathology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-430

  Hall, Andrew Rennie ^a   Tsochatzis, Emmanuel ^b   Morris, Richard ^b   Burroughs, Andrew Kenneth ^b   Dhillon, Amar Paul ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cirrhosis; Collagen proportionate area; Digital image analysis; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN PROPORTIONATE AREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84872669333     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12010     Document Type: Article

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