Application of the Minkowski–Bouligand fractal dimension for the differential diagnosis of thyroid follicular neoplasias

Article type: Other

Authors: Ferreira, Rita C. | de Matos, Patrícia S. | Adam, Randall L. | Leite, Neucimar J. | Metze, Konradin^;

Affiliations: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Campinas | Institute of Computing, State University of Campinas, BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil

Note: [] Corresponding author: Prof Dr Konradin Metze, Senior researcher of the National Research Council CNPq Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine PO Box 6111, State University of Campinas BR 13081–970 Campinas – SP, Brazil. E-mail: kmetze@fcm.unicamp.br; Tel./Fax: 55 19 32893897.

Keywords: Thyroid, adenoma, minimally invasive carcinoma, complexity, texture analysis, fractality, karyometry, surgical pathology

Journal: Analytical Cellular Pathology, vol. 28, no. 5-6, pp. 331-333, 2006