Making cytological diagnoses on digital images using the iPath network

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 453-460

  Dalquen, Peter ^a   Savic Prince, Spasenija ^a   Spieler, Peter ^b   Kunze, Dietmar ^d   Neumann, Heinrich ^e   Eppenberger Castori, Serenella ^a   Adams, Heiner ^c   Glatz, Katharina ^a   Bubendorf, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c Viollier AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e Group Praxis of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnostic accuracy; Pitfalls; Still images; Telelearning; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLADDER IRRIGATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; URINE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; METAPLASIA; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84911499295     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369241     Document Type: Article

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