A novel codification scheme based on the "VITAL" and "DICOM" standards for telemedicine applications

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 12 II, 2002, Pages 1399-1411

  Anagnostaki, Anthoula P ^a   Pavlopoulos, Sotiris ^a   Kyriakou, Efthivoulos ^a   Koutsouris, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Home care; Object oriented modeling and design; Open systems; Standardization; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE (UML);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PULSE RATE; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 0036936857     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.805458     Document Type: Article

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