An informatics model for guiding assembly of telemicrobiology workstations for malaria collaborative diagnostics using commodity products and open-source software

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Suhanic, West ^a   Crandall, Ian ^a,b,c   Pennefather, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GIEMSA STAIN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALARIA; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MICROSCOPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 68749111043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-164     Document Type: Article

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