Automated morphometry provides accurate and reproducible virtual staging of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C

• Main Authors: Paul Calès (Author), Julien Chaigneau (Author), Gilles Hunault (Author), Sophie Michalak (Author), Christine Cavaro-Menard (Author), Jean-Baptiste Fasquel (Author), Sandrine Bertrais (Author), Marie-Christine Rousselet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Liver fibrosis staging provides prognostic value, although hampered by observer variability. We used digital analysis to develop diagnostic morphometric scores for significant fibrosis, cirrhosis and fibrosis staging in chronic hepatitis C. Materials and Methods: We automated the measure...