Measuring the efficiency of medical equipment

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2010, Pages 340-345

  Tsarouhas, Panagiotis H ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Availability; Medical equipment; Reliability; Series parallel system

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SYSTEMS; MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SERIES-PARALLEL SYSTEM; SIMPLE METHOD;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78751620028     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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