Qualityassurance by continuous recording of the microscope status

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-80

  Schenck, Ulrich ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Cancer Society   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VISION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030045729     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333587     Document Type: Article

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