3 D Reconstruction of Cervical Carcinoma Invasion Front using H&E/p16INK4a/CD3 Alternate Staining
J Einenkel, N Wentzensen, UD Braumann, JP Kuska, LC Horn · Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2008 · Heft 09
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Background In this present study, we aimed to analyze the spatial organization of a cervical cancer (CX) and the relation of the tumor invasion front and the infiltration with CD3 positive T-cells. Methods 84 serial sections from CX were stained with H&E and immunohistochemically against the cervical p16 and the T-cell marker CD3. Sections were passed through an image processing chain in order to obtain a reconstructed tissue volume including both automatically delineated tumor and T-cell volume segments. For invasion front analysis mean curvature was used, which in turn was related to the respective local minim…