Author, as appears in the article.: Marylène Lejeune; Cristina Callau; Anna Korzynska; Marcial García; Gloria Bueno; Ramon Bosch; Joaquín Jaén; Guifré Orero; Teresa Salvadó; Carlos López
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
e-ISSN: 1475-925X
URV's Author/s: LEJEUNE, MARYLÈNE ; Cristina Callau; Anna Korzynska; Marcial García; Gloria Bueno; Ramon Bosch; Joaquín Jaén; Guifré Orero; Teresa Salvadó; Carlos López
Keywords: image processing
Abstract: Background: Digital image (DI) analysis avoids visual subjectivity in interpreting immunohistochemical stains and provides more reproducible results. An automated procedure consisting of two variant methods for quantifying the cytokeratin-19 (CK19) marker in breast cancer tissues is presented. Methods: The first method (A) excludes the holes inside selected CK19 stained areas, and the second (B) includes them. 93 DIs scanned from complete cylinders of tissue microarrays were evaluated visually by two pathologists and by the automated procedures. Results and conclusions: There was good concordance between the two automated methods, both of which tended to identify a smaller CK19-positive area than did the pathologists. The results obtained with method B were more similar to those of the pathologists; probably because it takes into account the entire positive tumoural area, including the holes. However, the pathologists overestimated the positive area of CK19. Further studies are needed to confirm the utility of this automated procedure in prognostic studies.
Research group: Patologia Oncològica i Bioinformàtica 2016
Thematic Areas: Ciències de la salut Ciencias de la salud Health sciences
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
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Record's date: 2016-07-29
Journal volume: 14
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/supplements/14/S2.
Article's DOI: 10.1186/1475-925X-14-S2-S2
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
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