Whole slide imaging: Uses and limitations for surgical pathology and teaching

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 321-330

  Boyce, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultation; Digital pathology; Digital slides; Frozen sections; Pathology resident education; Review; Slide staining quality; Slide storage; Virtual slides; Whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TEACHING;

EID: 84931063318     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2015.1033463     Document Type: Article

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