Building Virtual Communities of Practice

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 716-720

  Nagy, Paul ^a   Kahn Jr , C E ^b   Boonn, W ^c   Siddiqui, K ^a   Meenan, C ^a   Knight, N ^a   Safdar, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84928096698     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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