A travel report of the implementation of virtual whole slide images in routine surgical pathology

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 290-297

  Nap, Marius ^a   Teunissen, Rob ^a   Pieters, Math ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Routine; Virtual histology; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STORAGE; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL;

EID: 84858679068     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02870.x     Document Type: Review

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