X ray imaging goes digital

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7572, 2006, Pages 765-766

  Ng, Kwan Hoong ^a   Rehani, Madan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 33750064545     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38977.669769.2C     Document Type: Editorial

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