Digital colposcopy: Ready for use? An overview of literature

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-229

  Louwers, J A ^a   Kocken, M ^a   Ter Harmsel, W A ^b   Verheijen, R H M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial; Cervix Uteri; Colposcopy; Digital colposcopy; Neoplasia; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLPOSCOPE; COLPOSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROCOLPOSCOPY; DATA BASE; EMBASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MEDLINE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY;

COLPOSCOPES; COLPOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 57449119701     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02047.x     Document Type: Review

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