Telematics-based online client-server/client collaborative environment for radiotherapy planning simulations

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1053-1063

  Kum, Oyeon ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Customized radiotherapy planning simulation; Image segmentation; Optimization; PMCEPT code; Telematics

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION SCHEME; TELEMATICS SERVICE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELERADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELERADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250661174     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0262-2     Document Type: Article

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