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Review
. 2009 Jan;116(2):220-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02047.x.

Digital colposcopy: ready for use? An overview of literature

J A Louwers  1 , M Kocken, W A ter Harmsel, R H M Verheijen
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Review

Digital colposcopy: ready for use? An overview of literature

J A Louwers et al. BJOG. 2009 Jan.

Abstract

The aims of this review were to summarise the various methods of digital colposcopy and to provide an overview of their efficacy. We conducted a literature search and focused on papers that described a technique for colposcopy, other than conventional colposcopy, and compared this with conventional colposcopy and/or histology and included digitalisation of the process. All papers have been classified in one of the following categories: digital imaging and telecolposcopy, spectroscopy, computerised colposcopy, optical coherence tomography and confocal microcolposcopy. Among the most promising developments is spectroscopy, allowing a more or less automated analysis and interpretation of the colposcopic image.

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