Automation in cytology: A survey conducted by the New Technology Task Force, Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-55

  Masood, Shahla ^a   Cajulis, Ricardo S ^b   Cibas, Edmund S ^c   Wilbur, David C ^d   Bedrossian, Carlos W M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Highland Park Hospital   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Cervical cancer; Cervicovaginal cytology; Computer based cytology; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0031964779     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199801)18:1<47::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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