An interactive visual exploration of medical data for evaluating health centres

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-119

  Catarci, Tiziana ^a   Santucci, Giuseppe ^a   Silva, Sonia Fernandes ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information visualisation; Medical data; Medical information systems; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIALYSIS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HEALTH CARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HAEMODIALYSIS; INFORMATION VISUALISATION; INTERACTIVE VISUAL EXPLORATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0042659218     PISSN: 1443458X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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