Magnetic resonance imaging in Malawi: Contributions to clinical care, medical education and biomedical research

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 62-66

  Potchen, M J ^a   Kampondeni, S ^b   Birbeck, G L ^c   Hammond, C A ^a   Gonani, A ^b   Phiri, K S ^d   Seydel, K B ^d,e   Taylor, T E ^d,e  

^a St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c East Lansing   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALAWI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALAWI; NEUROIMAGING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80054729336     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v23i2.70753     Document Type: Article

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