Addressing the future of clinical information systems - Web-based multilayer visualization

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Poh, Chueh Loo ^a   Kitney, Richard I ^a   Shrestha, Rasu B K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; CIS; PACS; Three dimensional (3 D) visualization; Web based

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEB SERVICES;

CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGY;

BIOINFORMATICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34047229170     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.875680     Document Type: Article

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