A novel emergency telemedicine system based on wireless communication technology - ambulance

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-267

  Pavlopoulos, Sotiris ^b   Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos ^b   Berler, Alexis ^b   Dembeyiotis, Spyros ^b   Koutsouris, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Emergency healthcare; Emergency telemedicine; GSM; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EMERGENCY TELEMEDICINE SYSTEM; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE (GSM) COMMUNICATIONS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; SOFTWARE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 0032216444     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4233.737581     Document Type: Article

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