User attitudes in analyzing digital slides in a quality control test bed: A preliminary study

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-186

  Della Mea, Vincenzo ^a   Demichelis, Francesca ^b   Viel, Federico ^a   Dalla Palma, Paolo ^c   Beltrami, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

^c Trento Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital pathology; Imaging; Quality control; Telepathology; User attitudes

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE;

DIGITAL PATHOLOGY; TELEPATHOLOGY; USER ATTITUDES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGIST; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE MICROARRAY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33646137154     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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