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Accuracy of a Slide Profiler for Endocervical Cell Detection in No-Further-Review Conventional Pap Smears

Accuracy of a Slide Profiler for Endocervical Cell Detection in No-Further-Review Conventional... Acta Cytologica Accuracy of a Slide Profiler for Endocervical Cell Detection in No-Further-Review Conventional Pap Smears Leslie R. Rowe, C.T.(ASCP), C. Jay Marshall, M.D., Michael Berry, C.T.(ASCP), Melissa A. Larson, C.T.(ASCP), and Joel S. Bentz, M.D. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of the Focal- CONCLUSION: The reliability of a negative Focal- TM TM Point slide profiler (TriPath Care Technolgies, Point determination for endocervical cells is limited. Burlington, North Carolina, U.S.A.) in determinating Manual screening of NFR slides designated by the in- the absence of endocervical strument as lacking endocer- cells in conventional Pap vical cells appears to be nec- smear slides. Laboratory implementation of a essary. (Acta Cytol 2003; STUDY DESIGN: A con- 47:602–605) policy to manually screen selected secutive series of convention- [slide profiler] NFR cases is al Pap smears, designated by Keywords: cervix neo- TM FocalPoint as requiring plasms, Papanicolaou warranted.... no further review (NFR) and smear, mass screening, as lacking endocervical cells, computer-assisted diag- TM was manually screened to determine the true presence or nosis, FocalPoint . absence of endocervical cells. These results were com- TM pared to those obtained by FocalPoint . Automated screening technology has been shown RESULTS: From January 1, 2000, to December http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

Accuracy of a Slide Profiler for Endocervical Cell Detection in No-Further-Review Conventional Pap Smears

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Karger
Copyright
© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
0001-5547
eISSN
1938-2650
DOI
10.1159/000326575
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Abstract

Acta Cytologica Accuracy of a Slide Profiler for Endocervical Cell Detection in No-Further-Review Conventional Pap Smears Leslie R. Rowe, C.T.(ASCP), C. Jay Marshall, M.D., Michael Berry, C.T.(ASCP), Melissa A. Larson, C.T.(ASCP), and Joel S. Bentz, M.D. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of the Focal- CONCLUSION: The reliability of a negative Focal- TM TM Point slide profiler (TriPath Care Technolgies, Point determination for endocervical cells is limited. Burlington, North Carolina, U.S.A.) in determinating Manual screening of NFR slides designated by the in- the absence of endocervical strument as lacking endocer- cells in conventional Pap vical cells appears to be nec- smear slides. Laboratory implementation of a essary. (Acta Cytol 2003; STUDY DESIGN: A con- 47:602–605) policy to manually screen selected secutive series of convention- [slide profiler] NFR cases is al Pap smears, designated by Keywords: cervix neo- TM FocalPoint as requiring plasms, Papanicolaou warranted.... no further review (NFR) and smear, mass screening, as lacking endocervical cells, computer-assisted diag- TM was manually screened to determine the true presence or nosis, FocalPoint . absence of endocervical cells. These results were com- TM pared to those obtained by FocalPoint . Automated screening technology has been shown RESULTS: From January 1, 2000, to December

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Published: Jan 1, 2011

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