Cloud computing in medical imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kagadis, George C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Kloukinas, Christos ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Moore, Kevin ^a,c,d,e,f   Philbin, Jim ^a,d,e,f   Papadimitroulas, Panagiotis ^a,e,f   Alexakos, Christos ^a,d,e,f   Nagy, Paul G ^e,f   Visvikis, Dimitris ^e,f   Hendee, William R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

cloud computing; cloud services; ethics; medical imaging; PACS; security

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; ETHICAL ASPECTS; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLINICAL SETTINGS; CLOUD SERVICES; ETHICAL ISSUES; MEDICAL DATA; RECONFIGURABLE RESOURCES; SECURITY; SERVICE COSTS; VIRTUAL SYSTEMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTERNET; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84880196593     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4811272     Document Type: Note

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