Digital Radiology to Improve the Quality of Care in Countries with Limited Resources: A Feasibility Study from Angola

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Zennaro, Floriana ^a   Oliveira Gomes, Joaquim António ^b   Casalino, Armando ^a   Lonardi, Magda ^b   Starc, Meta ^a   Paoletti, Pierpaolo ^a   Gobbo, Daniele ^b   Giusto, Chiara ^b   Not, Tarcisio ^a   Lazzerini, Marzia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b Hospital Divina Providencia   (Angola)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM;

ANGOLA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 84884563707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073939     Document Type: Article

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