White paper report of the 2011 RAD-AID conference on international radiology for developing countries: Integrating multidisciplinary strategies for imaging services in the developing world

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 488-494

  Everton, Kathryn L ^a,b   Mazal, Jonathan ^b   Mollura, Daniel J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAD AID International   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic development; International global imaging; Public health; Radiologic nursing; Radiology; Radiology outreach; Radiology readiness; Residency education; Sustainability; Technologists

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITOMETRY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MACHINE LEARNING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MOBILE PHONE; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE SYSTEM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84926231917     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.01.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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