Reconciliation of diverse telepathology system designs. Historic issues and implications for emerging markets and new applications

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 256-275

  Weinstein, Ronald S ^a   Graham, Anna R ^a   Lian, Fangru ^a   Braunhut, Beth L ^a   Barker, Gail R ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a   Bhattacharyya, Achyut K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Digital pathology; Robotic microscopy; Surgical pathology; Telepathology; Telepathology networks; Virtual microscopy; Virtual slides; Whole slide imaging (WSI)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DYNAMIC ROBOTIC TELEPATHOLOGY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNET; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICRODISSECTION; MICROPROCESSOR; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PATENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SATISFACTION; SPECIALIZATION; STATIC IMAGE TELEPATHOLOGY; TELEPATHOLOGY; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; REMOTE CONSULTATION; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84858690647     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02866.x     Document Type: Review

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