Would Monolayers Provide More Representative Samples and Improved Preparations for Cervical Screening?: Overview and evaluation of systems available

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-119

  McGoogan, Euphemia ^a,b   Reith, Albrecht ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Computer Assisted; Image analysis; Laboratory diagnosis; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAINING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030030566     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333591     Document Type: Article

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