Interinstitutional whole slide imaging teleconsultation service development: Assessment using internal training and clinical consultation cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 627-635

  Jones, Nicholas C ^a   Nazarian, Rosalynn M ^a   Duncan, Lyn M ^a   Kamionek, Michal ^a,c   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^a   Tambouret, Rosemary H ^a   Wu, Chin Lee ^a   Nielsen, G Petur ^a   Brachtel, Elena F ^a   Mark, Eugene J ^a   Sadow, Peter M ^a   Grabbe, John P ^a,b   Wilbur, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Cambridge Health Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^c Carolinas Pathology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; WORKFLOW;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TELEPATHOLOGY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84928957629     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0133-OA     Document Type: Article

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