WhatsApp messenger is useful and reproducible in the assessment of tibial plateau fractures: Inter- and intra-observer agreement study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-148

  Giordano, Vincenzo ^a   Koch, Hilton Augusto ^b   Mendes, Carlos Henrique ^a   Bergamin, André ^a   de Souza, Felipe Serrão ^a   do Amaral, Ney Pecegueiro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MUNICIPAL MIGUEL COUTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Tibial plateau fracture; WhatsApp messenger

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MHEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY; SMARTPHONES;

CT IMAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIBIAL PLATEAU; WHATSAPP MESSENGER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE; WHATSAPP MESSENGER APPLICATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIAL FRACTURES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84927152525     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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