High reproducibility of histological characterization by whole virtual slide quantification; An example using carotid plaque specimens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Vrijenhoek, Joyce E P ^a,b   Nelissen, Bastiaan G L ^a   Velema, Evelyn ^a   Vons, Kristy ^a   De Vries, Jean Paul P M ^c   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Den Ruijter, Hester M ^a   De Borst, Gert Jan ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SECTION; WHOLE VIRTUAL SLIDE QUANTIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84919904512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115907     Document Type: Article

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