Title :
Supporting asynchronous telemedicine: multimedia mail vs. the World Wide Web vs. replicated databases
Author :
Pira, Rahim S. ; Robinson, John A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada
Abstract :
This paper investigates the development and implementation of an asynchronous telemedicine application for the purposes of tele-consultation in remote regions. Three applications were developed: MailTeleMed, WebTeleMed and MCLTeleMed utilizing various communication and database models
Keywords :
Internet; electronic mail; medical computing; multimedia communication; patient care; patient diagnosis; replicated databases; MCLTeleMed; MailTeleMed; WebTeleMed; World Wide Web; asynchronous telemedicine; communication models; database models; electronic mail; multimedia mail; remote regions; replicated database; tele-care; tele-consultation; tele-diagnosis; Biomedical imaging; Data engineering; Information technology; Medical diagnostic imaging; Multimedia communication; Multimedia databases; Noise measurement; Postal services; Telemedicine; Web sites;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1998. IEEE Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waterloo, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4314-X
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1998.682754
