Evaluation of PAPNET-assisted cervical rescreening

Cytopathology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 313-321

  Doornewaard, H ^a   Woudt, J M C ^a   Strubbe, P ^a   Van de Seijp, H ^a   Van den Tweel, J G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Comparative study; Computer assisted diagnosis; Mass screening; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0030866603     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1997.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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