Efficiency of Mobile Video Sharing Application (WhatsApp®) in Live Field Image Transmission for Telepathology.
Telepathology is in its nascent stages in India. Video calling applications in mobile phones can be efficiently used to transmit static and live field microscopic images hastening low cost telepathology. To evaluate the efficiency of WhatsApp® Video Calling for dynamic microscopy in distant diagnosi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2020
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