Fractal analysis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Fabrizii, Markus ^a   Moinfar, Farid ^a,b   Jelinek, Herbert F ^c   Karperien, Audrey ^c   Ahammer, Helmut ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Hospital of the Sisters of Charity   (Austria)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERIMAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84907830920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108457     Document Type: Article

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