Assessment of diagnostic accuracy and feasibility of dynamic telepathology in China

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-242

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

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Feasibility; Microscopy; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; ROBOTICS; TELEPATHOLOGY;

CHINA; COMPUTERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 38149080425     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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