An Introduction to Software Tools, Data, and Services for Geospatial Analysis of Stroke Services

Background: There are interests in the use geospatial data for development of acute stroke services given the importance of timely acess to acute reperfusion therapy. This paper aims to introduce clinicians and citizen scientists to the possibilities offered by open source softwares (R and Python) for analyzing geospatial data. It is hope that this introduction would stimulate interest in the field as well as generate ideas for improving stroke...