Virtual microscopy and digital pathology in training and education

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-315

  Hamilton, Peter W ^a,b   Wang, Yinhai ^a   McCullough, Stephen J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b PathXL Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital pathology; Education; Review; Training; Virtual microscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECERTIFICATION; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNET; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; TELEPATHOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84863392740     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02869.x     Document Type: Review

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