An improved Processing Method for Breast Whole-Mount Serial Sections for Three-Dimensional Histopathology Imaging

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-392

  Sun, Laibao ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Zubovits, Judit T ^a   Yaffe, Martin J ^a,b   Clarke, Gina M ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D Histopathology imaging; Breast cancer; Histology processing; Microwave; Whole mount sections

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BREAST; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURNAROUND TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTIFACT; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62449224900     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPVBZZ4IKJHY3U     Document Type: Article

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