Research Article

Whole Slide Quantification of Stromal Lymphatic Vessel Distribution and Peritumoral Lymphatic Vessel Density in Early Invasive Cervical Cancer: A Method Description

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Immunohistochemical detection of lymphatic vessels. Vessel sections detected by using an antipodoplanin antibody appear in red (a) and are automatically segmented in blue (b) by image processing (blue lines). Some tumor cells positive for podoplanin are manually eliminated (green circles in b).
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