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. 2006 Dec 12;28(5-6):331–333. doi: 10.1155/2006/634840
Application of the Minkowski–Bouligand Fractal Dimension for the Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Follicular Neoplasias
Rita C Ferreira
1, Patrícia S de Matos
1, Randall L Adam
2, Neucimar J Leite
2, Konradin Metze
1,*
Rita C Ferreira
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
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Patrícia S de Matos
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
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Randall L Adam
2Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
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Neucimar J Leite
2Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
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Konradin Metze
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
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1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
2Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil
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*Konradin Metze: kmetze@fcm.unicamp.br
Issue date 2006.
Keywords: Thyroid, adenoma, minimally invasive carcinoma, complexity, texture analysis, fractality, karyometry, surgical pathology
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