Innovative biomedical information technologies for low-cost healthcare

Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 64-65

  Zhang, Y T ^a,b,c   Poon, Carmen C Y ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; BUDGET CONTROL; COSTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL IMAGING; FOUR-LAYER STRUCTURES; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; MICRO COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS; WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICES;

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 50049123647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2007.4407425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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