title: The binucleate cell: implications for automated cytopathology.
abstract: A study of occurrence rates of binucleate cells in human femal gynecological specimens is described. Data is presented on probability of occurrence, nuclear spacing, and nuclear fluorescence of binucleate cells. Allowable binucleate recognition error rates for automated cytopathology are presented. Recognition techniques employing slit-scan cytofluorometry are discussed.
mesh_terms: D002452:Cell Count; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000166:cytology*; D003201:Computers; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008954:Models, Biological; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis