Concordance between whole-slide imaging and light microscopy for routine surgical pathology

Human Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1739-1744

  Scott Campbell, W ^a   Lele, Subodh M ^a   West, William W ^a   Lazenby, Audrey J ^a   Smith, Lynette M ^b   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Telemedicine; Virtual microscopy; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIGITAL IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGIST; WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84866492842     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.12.023     Document Type: Article

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