The College of American Pathologists guidelines for whole slide imaging validation are feasible for pediatric pathology: A pediatric pathology practice experience

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-116

  Arnold, Michael A ^a,b   Chenever, Emily ^a   Baker, Peter B ^a,b   Boué, Daniel R ^a,b   Fung, Bonita ^a,b   Hammond, Sue ^a,b   Hendrickson, Brett W ^a,b   Kahwash, Samir B ^a,b   Pierson, Christopher R ^a,b   Prasad, Vinay ^a,b   Nicol, Kathleen K ^a,b   Barr, Thomas ^c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center; Cytopathology; Pediatric; Surgical pathology; Virtual microscopy; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLON; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PLACENTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; AGE; BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROSCOPY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84927914034     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/14-07-1523-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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