Development of a teledermatopathology consultation system using virtual slides

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nakayama, Ikunori ^a,b   Matsumura, Tsubasa ^b   Kamataki, Akihisa ^b   Uzuki, Miwa ^b   Saito, Kenji ^b   Hobbs, James ^b   Akasaka, Toshihide ^b   Sawai, Takashi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consultation; Teledermatology; Telepathology; Virtual slide; Whole slide image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DERMATOLOGY; E-MAIL; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DISEASE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; TELEPATHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870949403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-177     Document Type: Article

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