A feasibility study of virtual slides in surgical pathology in China

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1842-1848

  Li, Xinxia ^a,b   Liu, Jianying ^a   Xu, Haixia ^c   Gong, Encong ^a   McNutt, Michael A ^a   Li, Feng ^b   Anderson, Virginia M ^d   Gu, Jiang ^a,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Haikou Renmin Hospital of Hainan Province   (China)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Feasibility; Telepathology; Virtual slides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROSCOPE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; RANDOMIZATION; TELEPATHOLOGY;

CHINA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPATHOLOGY; TIME;

EID: 36549012214     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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