Automated Papanicolaou smear analysis as a screening tool for female lower genital tract malignancies

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-43

  Ku, Ni Ni K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0032999466     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199901000-00008     Document Type: Article

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