An inexpensive and worldwide available digital image analysis technique for histological fibrosis quantification in chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 216-222

  Campos, C F F ^a   Paiva, D D ^a   Perazzo, H ^a   Moreira, P S ^a   Areco, L F F ^a   Terra, C ^a   Perez, R ^a   Figueiredo, F A F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chronic hepatitis C; digital image analysis; liver biopsy; semiquantitative score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISHAK SCORE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAVIR SCORE; MICROSCOPE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; SEMIQUANTITATIVE SCORE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84892803463     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12133     Document Type: Article

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