Primary frozen section diagnosis by robotic microscopy and virtual slide telepathology: the University Health Network experience

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Evans, Andrew J ^a   Chetty, Runjan ^a   Clarke, Blaise A ^a   Croul, Sidney ^a   Ghazarian, Danny M ^a   Kiehl, Tim Rasmus ^a   Ordonez, Bayardo Perez ^a   Ilaalagan, Suganthi ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Robotic microscopy; Telepathology; Virtual slide telepathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPATHOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70450284560     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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