CompuCyte Corporation: Pathfinder system: Computerizing the microscope to improve cytology quality assurance

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Kamentsky, Louis A ^a   Gershman, Russell J ^a   Kamentsky, Lee D ^a   Pomeroy, B Martin ^a   Weissman, Mark L ^a  

^a CompuCyte Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Computer Assisted; Image analysis; Laboratory diagnosis; Quality assurance; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; DATA BASE; DEVICE; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030049967     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333582     Document Type: Article

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