Java-based remote viewing and processing of nuclear medicine images: Toward 'the imaging department without walls'

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-118

  Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b   Elliott, Edward ^a   Driedger, Albert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Java; Picture archiving and communication systems; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SOFTWARE; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 0033980015     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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