Title :
Telemedicine Usage and Potentials
Author :
Xiao, Yang ; Takahashi, Daisuke ; Hu, Fei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL
Abstract :
Telemedicine has been in use for many years and it is the use of telecommunications technologies to consult with remote physician. In this paper, we shed light on telemedicine in terms of the common usage and the future potentials of the technology with some examples.
Keywords :
telemedicine; remote physician; telecommunications technologies; telemedicine; Biomedical imaging; Cities and towns; Costs; Data communication; Educational institutions; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Sustainable development; Telemedicine; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2007.WCNC 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Kowloon
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0658-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1525-3511
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2007.508
