A public-domain image processing tool for automated quantification of fluorescence in situ hybridisation signals.

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Published in J Clin Pathol on August 10, 2007

Authors

J Konsti1, J Lundin, M Jumppanen, M Lundin, A Viitanen, J Isola

Author Affiliations

1: Biomedical Informatics Research Group, Department of Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. juho.konsti@helsinki.fi

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