Automated screening for quality control using PAPNET: A study of 638 negative Pap smears

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 316-320

  Keyhani Rofagha, Sedigheh ^a   Palma, Thomas ^a   O'Toole, Robert V ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated screening; False negative Pap smears; PAPNET; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

AUTOMATION; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030011594     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199605)14:4<316::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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