A mobile teletrauma system using 3G networks

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 456-462

  Chu, Yuechun ^a   Ganz, Aura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Code division multiple access (CDMA); Telemedicine; Teletrauma; Trauma care; Wireless cellular service

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TELETRAUMA SYSTEM; TRAUMA CARE; WIRELESS CELLULAR SERVICE;

TELEMEDICINE;

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR PHONE; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 10644226078     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2004.837893     Document Type: Article

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