Image analysis of liver biopsy samples measures fibrosis and predicts clinical outcome

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-27

  Huang, Yi ^a   Bastiaan De Boer, W ^b   Adams, Leon A ^a   MacQuillan, Gerry ^a   Bulsara, Max K ^c   Jeffrey, Gary P ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Collagen proportional area; Histological stage; Liver complication; Liver related death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOPSY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLLAGEN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84902654739     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.02.031     Document Type: Article

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