Microwave and Digital Imaging Technology Reduce Turnaround Times for Diagnostic Electron Microscopy

The contributions of microwave methods and digital imaging techniques, when taken together, can reduce routine specimen processing and evaluation for diagnostic electron microscopy to a time frame never thought possible. Significant improvements in both technologies over the last 5 years led the aut...

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Published in:Ultrastructural pathology 2003-05, Vol.27 (3), p.187-196
Main Authors: Giberson, Richard T., Austin, Ronald L., Charlesworth, Jon, Adamson, Grete, Herrera, Guillermo A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnostic
Digital Imaging
Electron Microscopy
Humans
Microscopy, Electron - methods
Microwave
Microwaves
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Turnaround Time
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Summary:The contributions of microwave methods and digital imaging techniques, when taken together, can reduce routine specimen processing and evaluation for diagnostic electron microscopy to a time frame never thought possible. Significant improvements in both technologies over the last 5 years led the authors to evaluate their combined attributes as the most likely candidate to provide a realistic solution in the reduction of turnaround times for diagnostic electron microscopy. For diagnostic electron microscopy to compete favorably with immunohistochemistry and other ancillary diagnostic techniques, it must improve its turnaround time. To evaluate this hypothesis the microwave-assisted processing results of over 2,000 diagnostic cases were evaluated as was a digital image administration system used for the acquisition and dissemination of diagnostic results. The incorporation of both technologies resulted in turnaround times being reduced to 4 h or less.
ISSN:0191-3123
1521-0758
DOI:10.1080/01913120309937