Title :
Local area networks for medical and hospital applications
Author :
Subbarao, Wunnava V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
An alternative approach for medical data acquisition, analysis and processing using local area network (LAN) principles is presented and discussed. A typical LAN configuration, phases of network evolution, facilities and routing efficiency, and scope of applications are examined. It is concluded that LAN interconnection and the use of routers greatly enhances the scope of database development, data analysis, and training. In addition, the functions of a mainframe can be developed by the internetworking of several LANs
Keywords :
local area networks; medical computing; data analysis; data processing; database development; internetworking; local area network; mainframe; medical data acquisition; network evolution; network facilities; routing efficiency; training; Distributed processing; Evolution (biology); Hospitals; Laboratories; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Protocols; Routing; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95985
