Application of super high definition images in telemedicine: system requirements and technologies for teleradiology and telepathology

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-38

  Suzuki, Junji ^a   Furukawa, Isao ^a   Fujii, Tetsurou ^a   Ono, Sadayasu ^a   Ashihara, Tsukasa ^b   Hata, Jun Ichi ^c,d   Ando, Yutaka ^c  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION DIGITIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION NETWORKING; PATHOLOGICAL MICROSCOPIC IMAGES; SUPER HIGH DEFINITION IMAGES; SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPATHOLOGY; TELERADIOLOGY; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 0034274590     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009631927516     Document Type: Article

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