Digital echocardiography and telemedicine applications in pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 358-369

  Sable, Craig ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DICOM 3.0; Digital echocardiography; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIMEDIA; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMEDICINE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PEDIATRICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 0036582656     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-001-0199-4     Document Type: Review

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