Characterizing Lung Particulates Using Quantitative Microscopy in Coal Miners With Severe Pneumoconiosis.

Context.--Current approaches for characterizing retained lung dust using pathologists' qualitative assessment or scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) have limitations. Objective.--To explore polarized light microscopy coupled with image-processing software, term...

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Published in:Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Vol. 148; no. 3; pp. 327 - 336
Main Authors: Hua, Jeremy T., Cool, Carlyne D., Lowers, Heather A., Go, Leonard H. T., Zell-Baran, Lauren M., Sarver, Emily A., Almberg, Kirsten S., Pang, Kathy D., Majka, Susan M., Franko, Angela D., Vorajee, Naseema I., Cohen, Robert A., Rose, Cecile S.
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: College of American Pathologists Mar2024
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