Virtual microscopy for cytology proficiency testing: Are we there yet?

Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Stewart III, Jimmie ^a,d   Miyazaki, Kayo ^b   Bevans Wilkins, Kristen ^c   Ye, Changhong ^b   Kurtycz, Daniel F I ^a,b   Selvaggi, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Cytology; Proficiency test; Virtual microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOTECHNOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34548131722     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22766     Document Type: Article

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