Prevailing over wires in healthcare environments: Benefits and challenges

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 56-63

  Cypher, David ^a   Chevrollier, Nicolas ^a   Montavont, Nicolas ^a,b   Golmie, Nada ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTEROPERABILITY; SURVEYING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HEALTHCARE NETWORKS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 33646913239     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2006.1632650     Document Type: Article

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