Open AccessComputer-assisted morphometric image analysis of cells of normal oral epithelium and oral squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Madhuresh Kumar,
Kabita Chatterjee,
Swapan Purkait,
Dipankar Samaddar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.203760
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , perimeter , pathology , h&e stain , basal cell , malignancy , epithelial dysplasia , carcinoma , dysplasia , biology , medicine , staining , mathematics , ecology , geometry
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a malignant neoplasm of epithelial tissue origin. OSCC is traditionally graded into well, moderate and poorly differentiated. The assessment of cellular and nuclear features is very important in the histological grading of OSCC.