Satellite based health network in Peru and Brazil

5th Int. Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB 2008 in conjunction with 2nd Int. Symposium and Summer School on Biomedical and Health Engineering, IS3BHE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 309-314

  Sachpazidis, Ilias ^a   Rizou, Despoina ^a   Menary, Wayne ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER IGD   (Germany)

^b Geopac   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DICOM; DVB RCS; Health care network; Patient safety; Technology transfer; Teleconsultation

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS; DICOM; DVB-RCS; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE NETWORK; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; ISOLATED AREAS; LATIN AMERICA; MEDICAL NETWORKS; PATIENT SAFETY; REAL-TIME DATA TRANSMISSION; SATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES; SUMMER SCHOOLS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TELECONSULTATION; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; UNDER-SERVED AREAS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 51849159203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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