The design of a health technology assessment system in telepathology

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-575

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Castrichella, Livia ^b   Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Technology assessment system; Telepathology; Virtual slides

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CUTTING TOOLS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; POWER ELECTRONICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELEMEDICINE; VISUALIZATION;

CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURES; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS; INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; LOW COSTS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SOFTWARE TOOLS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGY; TELEPATHOLOGY; VIRTUAL SLIDES; WORKING GROUP;

TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPATHOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TELEPATHOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 50249113675     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0089     Document Type: Article

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