Teleradiology: Threat or opportunity?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 840-845

  Jarvis, Lionel ^a   Stanberry, B ^b  

^a Medical Operations Division   (United Kingdom)

^b Avienda Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data compression; Economics, medical; Ethics, medical; Teleradiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENTIALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIABILITY, LEGAL; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELERADIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22544484771     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.04.001     Document Type: Review

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