Validation of multiple whole slide imaging scanners based on the guideline from the College of American Pathologists pathology and laboratory quality center

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 656-664

  Thrall, Michael J ^a   Wimmer, Jana L ^a   Schwartz, Mary R ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKFLOW;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SOFTWARE; TELEPATHOLOGY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84928966394     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0073-OA     Document Type: Article

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