Robotics and the changing face of the clinical laboratory

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1901-1910

  Boyd, James C ^a   Felder, Robin A ^a   Savory, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial intelligence; automation; computers; simulation modeling; standardization; systems engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029844964     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.12.1901     Document Type: Review

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