Virtual slide telepathology workstation of the future: lessons learned from teleradiology

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1100-1111

  Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human factors; Perception; Telepathology; Workstations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVICE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; IMAGE DISPLAY; PATHOLOGIST; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEPATHOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY; WORKSTATION;

DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEPATHOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 67650495598     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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