PAPNET for cervical cytology screening. Experience in Greece

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-33

  Veneti, Smaragda ^a,c   Papaefthimiou, Maria ^b   Symiakaki, Hera ^b   Ioannidou Mouzaka, Lydia ^a  

^a LITO Hospital for Women   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Lito Maternity Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Computer; Computer assisted diagnosis; Mass screening; Neural networks; PAPNET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0032912112     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330865     Document Type: Article

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