Title :
Agents acting and moving in healthcare scenario - a paradigm for telemedical collaboration
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Pathology, Udine Univ., Italy
fDate :
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel approach to the analysis and development of telemedicine systems, based on the multi-agent paradigm. An agent is an autonomous, social, reactive and proactive entity, and is sometimes also mobile. Since telemedicine is grounded on communication and the sharing of resources, agents are suitable for telemedicine systems analysis and implementation, and we adopted them for developing a prototype telemedical agent.
Keywords :
groupware; health care; medical expert systems; multi-agent systems; systems analysis; teleconferencing; telemedicine; autonomous social reactive proactive entity; biomedical communication; cooperative systems; healthcare; mobile agents; multi-agent system; prototype telemedical agent; resource sharing; telecommunication; telemedical collaboration; telemedicine systems analysis; Application software; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Cooperative systems; Education; Medical services; Mobile communication; Prototypes; Telematics; Telemedicine; Italy; Telemedicine;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/4233.908354
