Use of whole slide imaging in surgical pathology quality assurance: Design and pilot validation studies

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-331

  Ho, Jonhan ^a   Parwani, Anil V ^b   Jukic, Drazen M ^b   Yagi, Yukako ^a   Anthony, Leslie ^c   Gilbertson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Informatics; Quality assurance; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33244480824     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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