The GASTER project: Building a computer network in digestive endoscopy: The experience of the European society for gastrointestinal endoscopy

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-126

  Delvaux, Michel M ^a   Crespi, Massimo ^b   Armengol Miro, Jose Ramon ^c   Hagenmüller, Friedrich ^d   Teuffei, Werner ^e  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d ASKLEPIOS KLINIK ALTONA   (Germany)

^e Olympus Optical (Europe) GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computers; Data management; Endoscopy; Imaging; Standards

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA BASE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032792348     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199909000-00004     Document Type: Review

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