The results of the Pap smear are usually available within one to two weeks. At the end of Pap smear testing, each woman should ask how she should expect to be informed about the results of her Pap smear. If a w
The most compelling question in evaluating the possible replacement of the conventional Papanicolaou smear from a high-risk HPV testing method is the balance between specificity and sensitivity for detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 鈮 IN 2 (CIN 2+). Multiple studies have shown that...
Feature selection was achieved using simulated annealing integrated with a wrapper filter, while classification was achieved using a fuzzy c-means algorithm. The evaluation of the classifier was carried out on three different datasets (single cell images, multiple cell images and Pap smear slide ...
This analysis explores pap smear testing among young Aboriginal women participating in the Cedar Project. METHODS: The Cedar Project is an ongoing prospective study of Aboriginal young people in Vancouver and Prince George who use drugs. This analysis draws from cross-sectional...
A screening programme using HPV testing demands good evidence about many aspects: biological behaviour of HPV infection, test performance, sensitivity and cost-effectiveness. There are many unanswered questions of details and mechanisms of HPV infection. However, not every present fact is integrated in...
Kaplan B, Orvieto R, Hirsch M, Rabinerson D, Braslavski D, Bar-Hava I, et al. The impact of intrauterine contraceptive devices on cytological findings from routine Pap smear testing. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 1998;3:75-7....
Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Practice of Pap Smear Testing among Secondary School Teachers in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, South Eastern NigeriaKnowledgePracticeCervical CancerFemale School TeachersPap SmearIntroduction: Cervical cancer is one of the commonest cancers of the ...
Specifically, the analysis of Pap smear images often suffers from overlapping cells and varying staining techniques, making it difficult to identify abnormal cells. These factors can introduce noise and artifacts that make it difficult for the algorithm to identify cancerous cells. Effective ...
The second dataset consisted of 54 fields of view randomly selected from 37 of the classical Pap-smear specimen. Each field of view was initially segmented using the approach described in Section 3.3. The debris removal algorithm described in this paper was then used as a post-segmentation step...
The tool scans through the pap-smear to analyze all the objects that remained after debris removal. The 18 features described in feature selection are extracted from each object and used to classify each cell using the fuzzy C-means algorithm described in the classification method. Randomly, extra...