Evaluation of the FocalPoint GS system performance in an Italian population-based screening of cervical abnormalities

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 865-871

  Passamonti, Basilio ^a   Bulletti, Simonetta ^a   Camilli, Maria ^a   D'Amico, Maria Rosaria ^a   Di Dato, Eugenio ^a   Gustinucci, Daniela ^a   Martinelli, Nadia ^a   Malaspina, Morena ^a   Spita, Nicoletta ^a  

^a Cytology Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

AutoPap; Computer assisted diagnosis; Cytology, cervical; FocalPoint; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 36348933870     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325862     Document Type: Article

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