Applying telemedicine to remote and rural underserved regions in Brazil using eMedical consulting tool

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 2191-2195

  Sachpazidis, I A ^a   Ohl, R ^b   Polanczyk, C A ^c   Torres, M S ^d   Messina, L A ^e   Sales, A ^f   Sakas, G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IGD   (Germany)

^b MedCom GmbH   (Germany)

^c Department of Pulmonology   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Excelência Em Tecnologia Eletrônica Avançada   (Brazil)

^e Messina Informática e Comércio Ltd   (Brazil)

^f Hospital Universitário   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Latin America; Telemedicine; Ultrasound images

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

LATIN AMERICA; TELECONSULTATION NETWORKS; ULTRASOUND ACQUISITIONS;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33846936887     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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