Digital slide imaging in cervicovaginal cytology: A pilot study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 618-624

  Wright, Angela M ^a   Smith, Debora ^a   Dhurandhar, Bakula ^a   Fairley, Todd ^a   Scheiber Pacht, Miriam ^a   Chakraborty, Subhendu ^a   Gorman, Blythe K ^a   Mody, Dina ^a   Coffey, Donna M ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TELEPATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA SMEAR;

CERVIX UTERI; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEPATHOLOGY; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84877949210     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0430-OA     Document Type: Article

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