A new medical data management concept in a hybrid cellular mobile radio communication network

Patient data produced by different medical diagnostic image systems (modalities) are transferred into the medical information environment (MIE) and saved in common databases, by means of a PACS (picture archiving and communication system). Physicians handle the patient data on medical workstations, employing special displaying and processing techniques. The authors present a novel concept for the integration of patient data handling, using a prototype unified image viewing (UIV) scheme, applicable to a national wide-area communication network (NWCN). For this purpose, they investigate, study, and analyze a national-type cellular mobile communication network for UIV medical application, in regard to the increase in traffic capacity, by adopting a novel channel assignment strategy in conjunction with accepted digital transmission methods (data format-modulation and error control)