Whole-slide imaging digital pathology as a platform for teleconsultation: A pilot study using paired subspecialist correlations

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1949-1953

  Wilbur, David C ^a,b   Madi, Kalil ^c   Colvin, Robert B ^a,b   Duncan, Lyn M ^a,b   Faquin, William C ^a,b   Ferry, Judith A ^a,b   Frosch, Matthew P ^a,b   Houser, Stuart L ^a,b   Kradin, Richard L ^a,b   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^a,b   Louis, David N ^a,b   Mark, Eugene J ^a,b   Mino Kenudson, Mari ^a,b   Misdraji, Joseph ^a,b   Nielsen, Gunnlauger P ^a,b   Pitman, Martha B ^a,b   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^a,b   Smith, R Neal ^a,b   Sohani, Aliyah R ^a,b   Stone, James R ^a,b   Tambouret, Rosemary H ^a,b   Wu, Chin Lee ^a,b   Young, Robert H ^a,b   Zembowicz, Artur ^a,b   Klietmann, Wolfgang ^b,d   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 73949089012     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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