Informatics and Autopsy Pathology

Surgical Pathology Clinics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-174

  Levy, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Forensic; Images; Informatics; Pathology; Synoptic; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BIOINFORMATICS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY MEDICINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKFLOW; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931565814     PISSN: 18759181     EISSN: 18759157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2015.02.010     Document Type: Review

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