Factors influencing the adoption of digital imaging systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3339, Issue , 1998, Pages 421-428

  Langlotz, Curtis P ^a,d   Pratt, Hugh M ^b   Feingold, Eric R ^c   Horii, Steven C ^a   Kundel, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Economic analysis; PACS; Technology adoption; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

COST ANALYSIS; COST SAVINGS; DIGITAL IMAGING; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; PACS; PICTURE ARCHIVING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0346593413     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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