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CYTOLOGY BY THE FILTER IMPRINT TECHNIQUE
Author(s) -
Nielsen N. Højgaard
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1972.tb00268.x
Subject(s) - filter (signal processing) , membrane filter , computer science , simple (philosophy) , materials science , membrane , optics , biomedical engineering , physics , chemistry , computer vision , medicine , biochemistry , philosophy , epistemology
A modification of Volet's filter imprint technique was applied to a number of cytological specimens. The imprint technique was compared with the original membrane filter technique with a view to cellular density, cell preservation and detail, as well as diagnostic accuracy. The result shows that the imprint method is quick, simple to perform, and in respect to diagnostic accuracy it is equal to or even superior to the standard membrane filter method. Lastly, as far as urinary specimens are concerned, both methods appear to give somewhat more accurate diagnostic results than the conventional centrifugation‐smearing technique, although this aspect was not thoroughly investigated.