Open-source telemedicine platform for wireless medical video communication

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Panayides, A ^a,b   Eleftheriou, I ^a   Pantziaris, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC QUALITY; ENCODING STRUCTURE; OBJECTIVE VIDEO QUALITY; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; REAL-TIME WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; ULTRASOUND VIDEOS;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ULTRASONICS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALIBRATION; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEDIAGNOSIS; TELEMEDICINE; ULTRASOUND; VIDEORECORDING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84876590511     PISSN: 16876415     EISSN: 16876423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/457491     Document Type: Article

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