Robotic surgical telepathology between the Iron Mountain and Milwaukee Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: a 12-year experience

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1092-1099

  Dunn, Bruce E ^a,b,c   Choi, Hongyung ^a,b   Recla, Daniel L ^c   Kerr, Sarah E ^d   Wagenman, Benjamin L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic discordance; Hybrid dynamic store and forward telepathology; Robotic telepathology; Surgical pathology; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; TURNAROUND TIME; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; TELEPATHOLOGY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 67650477777     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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