Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-04T12:15:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-08-16; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Background: The differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules using fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is challenging due to the inherent limitation of the cytology tests. T...
OBJECTIVES: We tested the ability of automated screening in processing conventional gynecological cytology smears and its efficacy in assessing sample adequacy and stratifying cases for risk of malignancy. STUDY DESIGN: Cases were retrospectively selected, including unsatisfactory samples and slides with various sorts of artifacts. Automated screening was performed using the FocalPoint GS Imaging System (Becton...