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International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 127519, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/127519
Research Article

Flexible Macroblock Ordering for Context-Aware Ultrasound Video Transmission over Mobile WiMAX

Maria G. Martini and Chaminda T. E. R. Hewage

Wireless Multimedia Networking Research Group, Kingston University, London, UK

Received 6 December 2009; Accepted 13 May 2010

Academic Editor: Tasos Dagiuklas

Copyright © 2010 Maria G. Martini and Chaminda T. E. R. Hewage. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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