Assessing the Usability of a Science Gateway for Medical Knowledge Bases with TRENCADIS

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-688

  Maestre, Cristina ^a   Segrelles Quilis, J Damiàn ^a   Torres, Erik ^a   Blanquer, Ignacio ^a   Medina, Rosana ^b   Hernández, Vicente ^a   Martí, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

DICOM; DICOM SR; Knowledge base; Usability

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BREAST CANCER; COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; DICOM; DICOM-SR; E-SCIENCE; GRID AND CLOUD COMPUTING; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; MEDICAL IMAGES; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE GATEWAY; SECURE DATA; SPECIALIZED TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNICAL SKILLS; USABILITY; VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84871659024     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-012-9243-2     Document Type: Article

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