DocumentCode
2269566
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
Volume
1
fYear
1998
fDate
24-28 May 1998
Firstpage
341
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1998. IEEE Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location
Waterloo, Ont.
ISSN
0840-7789
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4314-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCECE.1998.682754
Filename
682754
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