A systematic review of technical evaluation in telemedicine systems

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-183

  Clarke, Malcolm ^a   Thiyagarajan, Chinnaya A ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evaluation; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; STANDARDS; TIME DELAY;

NETWORK TIME DELAYS; TECHNICAL EVALUATION;

TELEMEDICINE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TIME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 41349121645     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0032     Document Type: Review

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