Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of internet-based dynamic telepathology between Uganda and Germany

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 222-225

  Wamala, Dan ^a   Katamba, Achilles ^a   Dworak, Otto ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; UGANDA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MICROSCOPY; NEOPLASMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; ROBOTICS; TELEPATHOLOGY; UGANDA;

EID: 80051566881     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2010.100609     Document Type: Article

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