Is telemedicine the Panacea for Sub-Saharan Africa's medical nightmare?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 21-24

  Mbarika, Victor W A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CAMERAS; LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES; TELERADIOLOGY EQUIPMENT; WDS TECHNOLOGIES (CO);

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FACSIMILE; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MICROWAVES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RADIOLOGY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 4243089404     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1005817.1005838     Document Type: Review

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