Statistical Quality Assurance in Cytology: Use of the pathfinder to continuously assess screener process control in real time

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-106

  Berger, Barry M ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^d Women s Hospital and New England Deaconess Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030033415     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333590     Document Type: Article

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