Open AccessMorphometry of the basal cell layer of oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma using computer-aided image analysis
Author(s) -
T Smitha,
Swayam Prakash,
H C Girish
Publication year - 2011
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.80034
Subject(s) - perimeter , leukoplakia , basal (medicine) , analysis of variance , confidence interval , mann–whitney u test , pathology , buccal mucosa , oral leukoplakia , basal cell , medicine , biology , nuclear medicine , dentistry , cancer , mathematics , geometry , oral cavity , insulin
To study and compare the changes in nuclear and cellular size, shape and nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio of the cells in the basal layer of oral leukoplakia and well-differentiated oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with normal buccal mucosa, using computer-aided image analysis in tissue sections.