Improved tissue sections for medical liver biopsies: A comparison of 16 vs 18 g biopsy needles using digital pathology

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 415-419

  Palmer, Timothy ^a   Georgiades, Izabela ^b   Treanor, Darren ^a,c   Wright, Alexander ^c   Shah, Mushtaq ^a   Khosla, Randeep ^b   Wyatt, Judith I ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16 GAUGE NEEDLE; 18 GAUGE NEEDLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BIOPSY NEEDLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL PATHOLOGY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TISSUE SECTION;

DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL PATHOLOGY; LIVER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, LARGE-CORE NEEDLE; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901713548     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201954     Document Type: Article

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