Validation of whole-slide digitally imaged melanocytic lesions: Does z-stack scanning improve diagnostic accuracy?

• Main Authors: Bart Sturm (Author), David Creytens (Author), Martin G Cook (Author), Jan Smits (Author), Marcory C. R. F. van Dijk (Author), Erik Eijken (Author), Eline Kurpershoek (Author), Heidi V. N Küsters-Vandevelde (Author), Ariadne H. A. G. Ooms (Author), Carla Wauters (Author), Willeke A. M. Blokx (Author), Jeroen A. W. M. van der Laak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Accurate diagnosis of melanocytic lesions is challenging, even for expert pathologists. Nowadays, whole-slide imaging (WSI) is used for routine clinical pathology diagnosis in several laboratories. One of the limitations of WSI, as it is most often used, is the lack of a multiplanar focu...