Assessment of the quality of neonatal echocardiographic images transmitted by ISDN telephone lines

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-225

  Houston, A ^a   McLeod, K ^a   Richens, T ^a   Doig, W ^a   Lilley, S ^a   Murtagh, E ^a   Wilson, N ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Telemedicine; Telephone image transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032815691     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.2.222     Document Type: Article

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