Primary histologic diagnosis using automated whole slide imaging: A validation study

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; TELEPATHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING;

EID: 33746760216     PISSN: 14726890     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-6-4     Document Type: Article

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