Digital pathology: Current status and future perspectives

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Al Janabi, Shaimaa ^a   Huisman, André ^a   Van Diest, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digital archiving; Education; Image processing; Slide scanning; Telepathology; Virtual microscopy; Whole slide images

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL PATHOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEPATHOLOGY;

EID: 84862841526     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03814.x     Document Type: Review

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