Remote sensing and disease control in China: past, present and future

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Qingwu Jiang³  Tiejun Zhang¹  Baodong Yao¹  Zengliang Wang³  Jie Gao³  Michecal Ward²  Zhijie Zhang³ 

[1] Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China;Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia;Laboratory for Spatial Analysis and Modeling, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China

关键词: China;    Human health;    Disease control;    Satellites;    Remote sensing;   

Others  :  1228093
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-6-11

 received in 2012-11-20, accepted in 2013-01-05,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Satellite measurements have distinct advantages over conventional ground measurements because they can collect the information repeatedly and automatically. Since 1970 globally and 1985 in China, the availability of remote sensing (RS) techniques has steadily grown and they are becoming increasingly important to improve our understanding of human health. This paper gives the first detailed overview on the developments of RS applications for disease control in China. The problems, challenges and future directions are also discussed with an aim of guiding prospective studies.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Zhang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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