Diagnostic telepathology: Long-term experience of a single institution

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 444, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-409

  Brauchli, Kurt ^a   Oberli, Hermann ^b   Hurwitz, Nina ^a   Kunze, Klaus Dieter ^c   Haroske, Gunter ^d   Jundt, Gernot ^a   Stauch, Gerhard ^e   Banach, Lech ^f   Wirdnam, Mark ^a   Mihatsch, Michael ^a   Oberholzer, Martin ^a  

^a Dept of Pathology of the University ^*  (Switzerland)

^b National Referral Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^e Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Surgical pathology; Telemedicine; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SWITZERLAND; TELEPATHOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2542550391     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-0980-x     Document Type: Review

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