Diagnostic Efficiency in Digital Pathology: A Comparison of Optical Versus Digital Assessment in 510 Surgical Pathology Cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 53-59

  Mills, Anne M ^a   Gradecki, Sarah E ^a   Horton, Bethany J ^b   Blackwell, Rebecca ^a   Moskaluk, Christopher A ^a   Mandell, James W ^a   Mills, Stacey E ^a   Cathro, Helen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

digital imaging; digital pathology; efficiency; whole slide imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

EFFICIENCY; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85039151891     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000930     Document Type: Article

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