Impact of the pathfinder in a cytology laboratory

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 166-172

  Coggi, Guido ^a   Bulfamante, Gaetano ^a,b   Romeo, Manuela ^a   Falleni, Monica ^a   Aldovini, Andrea ^a   Cirillo, Gianluca ^a   Federico, Davide ^a   Roncalli, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

cervical smears; computer assisted; image analysis; quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0031047834     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332319     Document Type: Article

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