title: Prospects for automated cytology.
abstract: Rescreening of Pap smears using automated devices offers the ability to re-examine Paps initially interpreted as within normal limits and to use cell-sorting technology to increase the detection of missed abnormal smears. Only recently has the development of high-resolution imaging techniques and advances in computer sciences and cell classifiers enabled investigators to achieve sensitivity and specificity levels in automated screening and quality control devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Richart
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Patten
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D011786:Quality Control; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology