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The dramatic increase in computer processing power in combination with the availability of high-quality digital cameras during the last 10 years has fertilized the grounds for quantitative microscopy basedon digital image analysis. With the present introduction of robust scanners for whole slide imaging in both research and routine, the benefits of automation and objectivity in the analysis of tissue sections will be even more obvious. For in situ studies of signal transduction, the combination of tissue microarrays, immunohistochemistry, digital imaging, and quantitative image analysis will be central operations. However, immunohistochemistry is a multistep procedure including a lot of technical pitfalls leading to intra- and interlaboratory variability of its outcome. The resulting variations in staining intensity and disruption of original morphology are an extra challenge for the image analysis software, which therefore preferably should be dedicated to the detection and quantification of histomorphometrical end points.
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Grunkin, M., Raundahl, J., Foged, N.T. (2011). Practical Considerations of Image Analysis and Quantification of Signal Transduction IHC Staining. In: Kalyuzhny, A. (eds) Signal Transduction Immunohistochemistry. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 717. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-024-9_8
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