title: Computer use in the medical specialties.
abstract: This article summarizes new and innovative uses of the computer in various medical applications. It highlights the use of this technology in the fields of Cardiology, Radiology, Rehabilitative Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, and so on. It also discusses future uses in aiding the handicapped patient to ambulate, the deaf to hear, and the blind to see.
mesh_terms: D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001187:Artificial Organs; D001766:Blindness / Q000628:therapy; D003201:Computers; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010243:Paralysis / Q000628:therapy; D013038:Specialization; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000517:prevention & control