Accuracy of ThinPrep imaging system in detecting atypical glandular cells

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 479-482

  Jayamohan, Yasodah ^a   Karabakhtsian, Rouzan G ^a   Banks, Helen W ^a   Davey, Diane D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical glandular cells; Cervical cytology; Pap test; ThinPrep imager

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THINPREP IMAGING SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 67650236389     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21046     Document Type: Article

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