Virtual slide telepathology enables an innovative telehealth rapid breast care clinic

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 177-186

  López, Ana Maria ^a,b   Graham, Anna R ^a,b   Barker, Gail P ^a,b,c,d   Richter, Lynne C ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Lian, Fangru ^a,b   Grasso, Lauren L ^a,b   Miller, Ashley ^c   Kreykes, Lindsay N ^c   Henderson, Jeffrey T ^a   Bhattacharyya, Achyut K ^a   Weinstein, Ronald S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d T Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Digital pathology; Her 2 neu; Immunohistochemistry; Mammography; Quality assurance; Telehealth; Telemedicine; Telepathology; Virtual microscopy; Virtual slides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; JOB SATISFACTION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEPATHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70450286222     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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