Emergency radiology coverage: Technical and clinical feasibility of an international teleradiology model

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Kalyanpur, Arjun ^a   Weinberg, Joy ^a   Neklesa, Vladimir ^a   Brink, James A ^a   Forman, Howard P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Feasibility; International; Teleradiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0347004471     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-003-0284-5     Document Type: Article

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