A Manual of Morphometry in Diagnostic Pathology

J.P. Baak, J. A. Oort (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XIV, 208 Seiten

2011 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-74825-7 (ISBN)

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J. Oort and J. P. A. Baak This manual is written by pathologists and is meant for pathologists. It deals with a subject that became especially popular in pathology at the end of the last decade: morphometry. Morphometry is defined as the quantitative description of a structure (Weibel, 1969). This structure may be both of macroscopic and micro scopic size. Strictly, the size of an organ is a morphometric feature. This type of morphometry has long been in use in pathology. Examples ofthis type in diagnostic pathology have been given by Roesle and Roulet (1932). In this manual, however, the term morphometry is used in its re stricted microscopic meaning, i.e., the quantitative description of micro scopic images and features. The quantitative analysis of microscopic pic tures has for a long time been subordinated to the qualitative description. This may partly have been caused by the preference of the human mirld for pattern recognition rather than quantitative appraisal, which leads to judgements based on impressions subconsciously tested against the ob server's (mental) image of the normal pattern. Another cause may have been the time-consuming difficulties of collecting and computing quanti tative information. During the past decades the usefulness of quantitative methods in histo- and cytopathology has been stressed for many different subjects. In addition, minicomputers have become widely available and are becoming increasingly inexpensive; the more so since the introduction of micro com puters.

I: Theoretical Background.- 1 The Case for Morphometry in Diagnostic Pathology.- 2 Diagnosis Making: Error Sources.- 3 Obtaining Quantitative Data.- 4 Classification of New Cases: Some Aspects of Single and Multivariate Analysis.- 5 Structural Morphology.- II: Applications of Morphometry in Diagnostic Pathology.- 6 Applications of Morphometry in Tumour Pathology.- 7 Applications of Morphometry in Non-tumour Pathology.- III: Technical Aspects.- Addendum 1: Equipment for Quantitative Microscopy.- Addendum 2: Practical Morphometry.- Addendum 3: Test Grids.- Addendum 4: Glossary.- Addendum 5: Recommended Books and Journals; Companies for Image Analysis Equipment.- Author Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2011
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 208 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	401 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie
Schlagworte	biopsy • Cancer • carcinoma • Cell • cytology • Cytopathology • Differential Diagnosis • Grading • Histology • Lymphoma • Morphometrie • Pathologie • Pathology • tissue • Tumor
ISBN-10	3-642-74825-2 / 3642748252
ISBN-13	978-3-642-74825-7 / 9783642748257
Zustand	Neuware