Static image telepathology in routine surgical pathology diagnosis: A report on the first experience in the Arab world from Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-265

  Francis, I M ^a   Junaid, T A ^a   Dajani, Y F ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Medlabs Consultancy Group   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Digital images; E mail; Internet; Telediagnosis; Telemedicine; Telepathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNET; KUWAIT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033396738     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026102     Document Type: Article

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