Telemedicine in rural areas. Experience with medical desktop-conferencing via satellite
| Autor: | R Marciniak, A. J. Lemke, R. Felix, N. Hosten, Jens Ricke, L. Kleinholz, W. Wielgus, K.-H. Vöge, W. Zendel, E Fleck |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Rural Population
Telemedicine 020205 medical informatics Digital data Video Recording Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre Sensitivity and Specificity Video projector 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Software Videoconferencing Nursing Germany 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Adaptation (computer science) Audio signal Multimedia business.industry Remote Consultation Echo (computing) Poland Rural Health Services business computer |
| Zdroj: | Journal of telemedicine and telecare. 1(4) |
| ISSN: | 1357-633X |
| Popis: | Cooperation between physicians in hospitals in rural areas can be assisted by desktop-conferencing using a satellite link. For six weeks, medical desktop-conferencing was tested during daily clinical conferences between the Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, and the Medical Academy, Wroclaw. The communications link was provided by the German Telekom satellite system MCS, which allowed temporary connections to be established on demand by manual dialling. Standard hardware and software were used for videoconferencing, as well as software for medical communication developed in the BERMED project. Digital data, such as computed tomography or magnetic resonance images, were transmitted by a digital data channel in parallel to the transmission of analogue video and audio signals. For conferences involving large groups of people, hardware modifications were required. These included the installation of a video projector, adaptation of the audio system with improved echo cancellation, and installation of extra microphones. Learning to use an unfamiliar communication medium proved to be uncomplicated for the participating physicians. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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