The AutoPap 300 QC system multicenter clinical trials for use in quality control rescreening of cervical smears: I. A prospective intended use study

Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 337-342

  Patten Jr , Stanley F ^a   Lee, James S J ^a   Wilbur, David C ^a,b   Bonfiglio, Thomas A ^b   Colgan, Terence J ^c   Richart, Ralph M ^d   Cramer, Harvey ^e   Moinuddin, Shamin ^f  

^a NeoPath Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MDS Laboratories   (Canada)

^d Kyto Diagnostics   (United States)

^e WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; AutoPap; Cervix; Cytology; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 15644363955     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19971225)81:6<337::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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