Low-cost telepathology system for intraoperative frozen-section consultation: our experience and review of the literature

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-62

  Liang, Wen Yih ^a   Hsu, Chih Yi ^a   Lai, Chiung Ru ^a   Ho, Donald Ming Tak ^a,b   Chiang, I Jen ^c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consultation; Frozen section; Internet; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MICROSCOPY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEOPLASMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 36749052847     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.04.023     Document Type: Article

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