Accuracy of ThinPrep Imaging System in detecting low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 773-776

  Zhang, Fred Fangyuan ^a,b   Banks, Helen Whitler ^a   Langford, Shanna Maria ^a   Davey, Diane Davis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DAMAGE; CELL SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TISSUE SECTION;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34248197901     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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