'Face value': New medical imaging software in commercial view

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-176

  Coopmans, Catelijne ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

commercial relations; ethnography; face value; imaging; software demonstrations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MARKETING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953087541     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312710389226     Document Type: Article

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