Cervical cytology: Implementation and evaluation of a new automated interactive image analysis system

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-491

  Bolger, Noel ^a,b   Heffron, Cynthia ^a,b   Regan, Irene ^a,b   Sweeney, Mary ^a   Kinsella, Sinead ^a   McKeown, Mary ^a   Creighton, Grace ^a   Russell, Joan ^a   O'Leary, John ^a,b  

^a Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cervical cytology, automation; Cytology, liquid based; Review scope; Thinprep Imaging System

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOTECHNOLOGIST; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

CARCINOMA; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33749011695     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326001     Document Type: Article

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