A comparison of digitized frozen section and smear preparations for intraoperative neurotelepathology

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-91

  Gould, Peter V ^a   Saikali, Stephan ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain tumor; cytological smear; frozen section; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOMATOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHOMA; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84856739370     PISSN: 22107177     EISSN: 22107185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ACP-2011-0026     Document Type: Article

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