Multi-institutional comparison of Whole slide digital imaging and optical microscopy for interpretation of hematoxylin-eosin-stained breast tissue sections

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1733-1739

  Krishnamurthy, Savitri ^a   Mathews, Kurt ^b   McClure, Steven ^c   Murray, Melissa ^d   Gilcrease, Michael ^a   Albarracin, Constance ^a   Spinosa, John ^b   Chang, Bernard ^b   Ho, James ^e   Holt, John ^c   Cohen, Arthur ^c   Giri, Dilip ^d   Garg, Karuna ^f   Bassett Jr , Roland L ^a   Liang, Kevin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e Genoptix Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Milestone Research Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

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EID: 84892706555     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0437-OA     Document Type: Article

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