Remote CT reading using an ultramobile PC and web-based remote viewing over a wireless network

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Choi, Hyuk Joong ^a   Lee, Jeong Hun ^b,c   Kang, Bo Seung ^d  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Graduate School of Kangwon University   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TELERADIOLOGY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

APPENDICITIS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; INTERNET; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELERADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84862926952     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2011.110412     Document Type: Article

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