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

• Principais autores: Bart Sturm (Autor), David Creytens (Autor), Martin G Cook (Autor), Jan Smits (Autor), Marcory C. R. F. van Dijk (Autor), Erik Eijken (Autor), Eline Kurpershoek (Autor), Heidi V. N Küsters-Vandevelde (Autor), Ariadne H. A. G. Ooms (Autor), Carla Wauters (Autor), Willeke A. M. Blokx (Autor), Jeroen A. W. M. van der Laak (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...