Characterizing the development of visual search expertise in pathology residents viewing whole slide images

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-364

  Krupinski, Elizabeth A ^a   Graham, Anna R ^a   Weinstein, Ronald S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Decision making; Digital pathology; Expertise; Radiology; Telepathology; Visual search; Whole slide images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; DATA EXTRACTION; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOB EXPERIENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RESIDENT; WHOLE SLIDE IMAGE;

ATTENTION; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EFFICIENCY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RADIOLOGY; SACCADES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TELEPATHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84873714491     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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