International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 76, Issue 8 , Pages 621-632 , August 2007

Experiences of engineering Grid-based medical software

Received 12 September 2005 ,Revised 8 May 2006 ,Accepted 9 May 2006.

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PII: S1386-5056(06)00123-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.005

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 76, Issue 8 , Pages 621-632 , August 2007