A smartphone client-server teleradiology system for primary diagnosis of acute stroke

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, J Ross ^a,b,c,d   Sharma, Pranshu ^a   Modi, Jayesh ^a   Simpson, Mark ^a   Thomas, Monroe ^c   Hill, Michael D ^b   Goyal, Mayank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Calgary Scientific Inc   (Canada)

^d Heritage Medical Research Building   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Computed tomography; Mhealth; Mobile phone; Teleradiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STROKE; TELERADIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TELERADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960013579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1732     Document Type: Article

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