Satellite based health network in Peru and Brazil

Author

Sachpazidis, Ilias ; Rizou, Despoina ; Menary, Wayne

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt

fYear

2008

fDate

30-31 May 2008

Firstpage

309

Lastpage

314

Abstract

This paper will present a medical network in Latin America. This network will provide in rural and underserved areas an appropriate health care from distance. The medical applications will vary from gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology to typical infectious diseases for the region such as malaria and tuberculosis. The examinations will involve ultrasound examination, electrocardiogram and blood imaging when applicable. Our medical tele-consulting tool will be used for that purpose. The medical network aims to connect isolated areas in Amazon over European satellite technology providing broadband communication and quality of services (QoS) for real-time data transmission and video/audio conference.

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; broadband networks; cardiology; data communication; diseases; electrocardiography; gynaecology; haemodynamics; health care; medical information systems; paediatrics; quality of service; satellite communication; teleconferencing; telemedicine; Amazon; Brazil; European satellite technology; Latin America; Peru; audio conference; blood imaging; broadband communication; cardiology; electrocardiogram; gynaecology; health care; infectious diseases; malaria; medical database; medical network; paediatrics; quality-of-services; real-time data transmission; satellite based health network; tuberculosis; ultrasound examination; video conference; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Gynaecology; Medical services; Pediatrics; Satellites; Ultrasonic imaging; DICOM; DVB-RCS; Health care network; patient safety; technology transfer; teleconsultation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2008. ITAB 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenzhen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2254-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2255-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570664

Filename

4570664