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Diagnostics
Telecytology of cervical smears are as effective as slides
April 22nd, 2003
Digital images of smears used for diagnostics of cervical cancer work as well as slides. According to recent research from Australia, "We randomly selected 50 cervical smears (benign, 14; atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance [ASCUS], 5; low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion [LSIL], 10; high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), 12; squamous cell carcinoma, 6; adenocarcinoma, 3), and captured 1181 digital images (518 MB) at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels and transmitted them by e-mail. "Diagnosis of glass slides and digital images was done independently in a double-blind manner by 3 pathologists and 3...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-04-22)
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