Startling technologies promise to transform medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7582, 2006, Pages 1308-1311

  Combs, C Donald ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; MICROPROCESSOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ROBOTICS; SHORT SURVEY; X RAY;

BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33845945620     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39049.453877.BE     Document Type: Short Survey

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