Title :
A multimedia medical communications system
Author :
Karmouch, Ahmed ; Orozco-Barbosa, Luis ; Geoganas, N.D. ; Goldberg, Morris
Author_Institution :
Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The problem of communicating the radiologist´s findings to the attending physician is introduced, and it is shown why it is essentially a multimedia communication problem. A multimedia communications system that was designed with a focus on database and medical reports organization and architecture is described. A report is presented of some of the key results of an in-house trial linking the Department of Radiological Sciences and the Emergency Department at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Canada, a 950-bed tertiary-care teaching hospital
Keywords :
medical computing; telecommunication systems; telecommunications computing; Canada; Department of Radiological Sciences; Emergency Department; Ottawa Civic Hospital; database; medical reports; multimedia medical communications system; teaching hospital; Biomedical imaging; Computer architecture; Displays; Hospitals; Joining processes; Multimedia communication; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Radiology; User interfaces;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
