Open AccessDifferent methods of cell quantification can lead to different results: a comparison of digital methods using a pilot study of dendritic cells in HIV-positive patients
Author(s) -
D-T Fernandes,
W-F van Heerden,
A-C Ribeiro,
Thaís Bianca Brandão,
E-S Mello,
César Rivera,
M-B van Heerden,
Rogério Gondak,
Alan Roger SantosSilva,
Pablo Agustı́n Vargas,
Le Ma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.23472
Subject(s) - dendritic cell , cell counting , immunohistochemistry , cell , pathology , basal cell , medicine , biology , immune system , immunology , cell cycle , genetics
Although new digital pathology tools have improved the positive cell quantification, there is a heterogeneity of the quantification methods in the literature. The aim of this study was to evaluate and propose a novel dendritic cells quantification method in squamous cell carcinoma comparing it with a conventional quantification method.