Effect of Display Resolution on Time to Diagnosis with Virtual Pathology Slides in a Systematic Search Task.
Performing diagnoses using virtual slides can take pathologists significantly longer than with glass slides, presenting a significant barrier to the use of virtual slides in routine practice. Given the benefits in pathology workflow efficiency and safety that virtual slides promise, it is important...
| Published in: | Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 68 - 77 |
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| Format: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Feb2015
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