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Satellite Imagery Analysis: What Can Hospital Parking Lots Tell Us about a Disease Outbreak?

Patrick Butler, Naren Ramakrishnan, Elaine O. Nsoesie, John S. Brownstein

Abstract

Data mined from satellite imagery could serve as an early indicator of socially disruptive events like epidemics, especially in countries with limited surveillance resources.

Publication Details

Date of publication: March 31, 2014

Journal: IEEE Computer

Page number(s): 94--97

Volume: 47

Issue Number: 4