Factors to keep in mind when introducing virtual microscopy

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-255

  Glatz Krieger, Katharina ^a   Spornitz, Udo ^b   Spatz, Alain ^c   Mihatsch, Michael J ^a   Glatz, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Telepathology; Virtual microscopy; Virtual slides

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEPATHOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 33644819652     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0112-2     Document Type: Review

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