Defining the medical imaging requirements for a rural health center. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cari Borrás, editor.
• Editors: Borrás, Cari
• Contents: Part I Medical and Public Health Needs of a Rural Health Center -- Characteristics of a rural health center -- Medical imaging needs in a rural health center from a clinical point of view -- Part II: Medical Imaging Modalities -- Medical imaging equipment characteristics at the health center level: Overview -- Technical specifications -- Ultrasound units -- X-ray units Planar Radiography -- Part III: Planning a Medical Imaging Service -- Physical infrastructure and procurement issues -- Basic training and continuing education of technical staff in rural health centers? a personal view -- Teleradiology and networking -- Part IV: Operational Considerations -- Quality control, radiation protection and maintenance programs -- Patient referral to secondary and tertiary health care -- Recommendations -- Annex -- Appendices: Practical cases.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.07/54; 620; Diagnostic imaging; Rural health services; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Diagnostic imaging; Rural health services; Diagnostic Imaging; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811016134; 9811016135
• Related ISBNs: 9789811016110; 9811016119
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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