Table 1 Diagnosis categories and medical application
From: Grid technology in tissue-based diagnosis: fundamentals and potential developments
Diagnosis Category | Medical Task | Examples | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
Conventional | Disease classification | Lymphoma, Chronic hepatitis, Lung carcinoma | Classic microscopy, Immunohistochemistry, Molecular biology, morphometry, structure analysis |
Prospective | Prognosis | TNM-stage, tumor proliferation rate, Apoptosis, Adhesion, | Immunohistochemistry, morphometry, structure analysis |
Indicative | Therapeutic agents | Hormone receptors, Herceptin | Immunohistochemistry, Molecular biology, morphometry, structure analysis |
Risk-assigned | Risk factors | BRCA1-gene | Molecular biology |