Comparative diagnostic accuracy in virtual dermatopathology

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Mooney, Ellen ^a   Hood, Antoinette F ^b   Lampros, James ^b   Kempf, Werner ^c   Jemec, Gregor B E ^c  

^a Eastern Virginia Medical School ^*

^b Kempf und Pfaltz   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Microscopy; Virtual pathology

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITIZED IMAGES; EXACT TESTS; GLASS SLIDES; IMAGE FORMAT; MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL IMAGES; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL PATHOLOGY;

DATA REDUCTION; DISEASES; GLASS; PATHOLOGY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN TUMOR; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SKIN DISEASES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79953103739     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2010.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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