Multimedia Messaging Service teleradiology in the provision of emergency neurosurgery services

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 338-341

  Ng, Wai Hoe ^a   Wang, Ernest ^a   Ng, Ivan ^a  

^a National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CT; Image transfer; MMS; MRI; Neurosurgery emergency; Teleradiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIMEDIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; TELERADIOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CELLULAR PHONE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MULTIMEDIA; NEUROSURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 33847617046     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.056     Document Type: Article

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