Utility of whole slide imaging and virtual microscopy in prostate pathology

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Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-304

  Camparo, Philippe ^a   Egevad, Lars ^b   Algaba, Ferran ^c   Berney, Daniel M ^d   Boccon Gibod, Liliane ^e   Compérat, Eva ^f   Evans, Andrew J ^g   Grobholz, Rainer ^h   Kristiansen, Glen ⁱ   Langner, Cord ^j   Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^k   Montironi, Rodolfo ^l   Oliveira, Pedro ^m   Vainer, Ben ⁿ   Varma, Murali ^o  

^a Cabinet de Pathologie Amiens   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FUNDACIÓ PUIGVERT   (Spain)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^k Facultad de Medicina de Córdoba   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^m Hospital Luz   (Portugal)

ⁿ International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^o UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Expert analysis; Prostate; Telepathology; Virtual microscopy; Whole slide images

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MOUSE; GLEASON SCORE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNET; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY; WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84858626872     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02872.x     Document Type: Review

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