Use of 3G mobile phone links for teleconsultation between a moving ambulance and a hospital base station

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-26

  Banitsas, Konstantinos A ^a   Perakis, Konstantinos ^b   Tachakra, Sapal ^c   Koutsouris, Dimitrios ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c A and E Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; TELECONSULTATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIDEORECORDING;

AMBULANCES; CELLULAR PHONE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33744724666     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135763306775321335     Document Type: Article

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