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Review Article

Applications and challenges of digital pathology and whole slide imaging

C HigginsOlympus Corporation of the Americas, Center Valley, PennsylvaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 341-347 | Accepted 21 Apr 2015, Published online: 15 May 2015

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