Lossy compression in diagnostic virtual 3-dimensional microscopy-where is the limit?

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 998-1005

  Kalinski, Thomas ^a   Zwönitzer, Ralf ^a   Grabellus, Florian ^b   Sheu, Sien Yi ^b   Sel, Saadettin ^a   Hofmann, Harald ^a   Bernarding, Johannes ^a   Roessner, Albert ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D; Diagnostic pathology; Gastric biopsy; Helicobacter pylori; Lossy compression; Virtual microscopy; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGIST; STOMACH BIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOPSY; DATA COMPRESSION; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOMACH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67349257407     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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