Defining the Medical Imaging Requirements for a Rural Health Center

Part I. Medical and Public Health Needs of a Rural Health Center

1. Characteristics of a Rural Health Center
Marlen Perez-Diaz, Consuelo Varela Corona, Cari Borrás

2. Medical Imaging Needs in a Rural Health Center from a Clinical Point of View
José Luis Rodríguez Monteagudo

Part II. Medical Imaging Modalities

3. Medical Imaging Equipment Characteristics at the Health Center Level: Overview
William Hendee

4. Technical Specifications of Medical Imaging Equipment
Kwan Hoong Ng, Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong, Sock Keow Tan

Part III. Planning a Medical Imaging Service

5. Equipment and Physical Infrastructure
Cari Borrás, K. Siddique-e Rabbani

6. Basic Training and Continuing Education of Technical Staff in Rural Health Centers
Slavik Tabakov

7. Tele-Imaging and Networking
K. Siddique-e Rabbani, Trevor D. Cradduck

Part IV. Operational Considerations

8. Quality Control, Radiation Safety and Maintenance Programs
Cari Borrás

9. Patient Referral to Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Levels
Cari Borrás, Patrick Cadman

10. Erratum to: Technical Specifications of Medical Imaging Equipment
Kwan Hoong Ng, Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong, Sock Keow Tan

Avainsanat: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering