Tissue microarray design and construction for scientific, industrial and diagnostic use

Journal of Pathology Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Pilla, Daniela ^a   Bosisio, Francesca M ^b   Marotta, Roberto ^c   Faggi, Stefano ^d   Forlani, Paolo ^e   Falavigna, Maurizio ^e   Biunno, Ida ^f   Martella, Emanuele ^d   De Blasio, Pasquale ^e   Borghesi, Simone ^b   Cattoretti, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c NoemaLife SpA   (Italy)

^d Nikon Instruments SPA   (Italy)

^e Integrated Systems Engineering Srl   (Italy)

^f Milan Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Pathology; Tissue micro array; Tissue microarray; Virtual slide; Whole slide image

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899924398     PISSN: 22295089     EISSN: 21533539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2153-3539.104904     Document Type: Article

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