A low-cost tele-imaging platform for developing countries

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Adambounou, Kokou ^a,b   Adjenou, Victor ^a   Salam, Alex P ^c   Farin, Fabien ^b   N'Dakena, KoffiGilbert ^a   Gbeassor, Messanvi ^a   Arbeille, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LOMÉ   (Togo)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country; Low cost; Tele diagnosis; Tele expertise; Tele imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992196706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00135     Document Type: Article

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