Virtual microscopy: An evaluation of its validity and diagnostic performance in routine histologic diagnosis of skin tumors

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1770-1776

  Nielsen, Patricia Switten ^a,b   Lindebjerg, Jan ^a   Rasmussen, Jan ^a   Starklint, Henrik ^a   Waldstrøm, Marianne ^a   Nielsen, Bjarne ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dermatopathology; Digital slides; Routine practice; Virtual microscopy; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; PRECANCER; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VALIDITY; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEPATHOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78449308995     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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