Transition of a dental histology course from light to virtual microscopy

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1213-1221

  Weaker, Frank J ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted learning; Dental education; Histology; Light microscopy; Virtual microscopy; Virtual slides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MICROSCOPY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, ORAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; TEXAS; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 70350015309     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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