White paper report of the rad-aid conference on international radiology for developing countries: Identifying challenges, opportunities, and strategies for imaging services in the developing world

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 495-500

  Mollura, Daniel J ^a   Azene, Ezana M ^a,b   Starikovsky, Anna ^a   Thelwell, Aduke ^c   Iosifescu, Sarah ^d   Kimble, Cary ^e   Polin, Ann ^f   Garra, Brian S ^g,h   Destigter, Kristen K ^g,h   Short, Brad ⁱ   Johnson, Benjamin ^j   Welch, Christian ^j   Walker, Ivy ^k   White, David M ^l   Javadi, Mehrbod S ^b   Lungren, Matthew P ^a,m   Zaheer, Atif ^a,b   Goldberg, Barry B ⁿ   Lewin, Jonathan S ^b  

^a RAD AID International   (United States)

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

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Grameen Foundation   (United States)

^e Project HOPE   (United States)

^f Brier   (United States)

^g FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^h Imaging the World   (United States)

ⁱ AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k World Health Imaging Telemedicine and Informatics Alliance   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

developing countries; economic development; health care disparity; health care policy; information technology; international global imaging; limited resource regions; microcredit; microfinance; public health; Radiology; radiology readiness; residency education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; E-MAIL; FINANCE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 84928096428     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.01.018     Document Type: Review

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