Title :
Subjective and objective quality assessment in wireless teleultrasonography imaging
Author :
Istepanian, R.S.H. ; Philip, N. ; Martini, M.G. ; Amso, N. ; Shorvon, P.
Author_Institution :
MINT Centre, Kingston University, London, UK
Abstract :
Mobile Robotic teleultrasonography is an emerging technology that can be applied in different clinical settings for remote ultrasound scanning without the need of the expert at the point of care. Guaranteed medical image quality for diagnostic purposes and their delivery in bandwidth limited wireless environments is a challenging issue. In this paper we present some of the subjective and objective image analysis acquired from a robotic teleultrasonography system operated remotely by the expert to provide an assessment of these medical imaging measures for such advanced wireless telemedical system.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Biomedical imaging; Image coding; Image quality; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Parallel robots; Quality assessment; Ultrasonic imaging; Wireless teleultrasonography; m-health; medical imaging; medical video streaming; Cellular Phone; Data Compression; Image Enhancement; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemedicine; Ultrasonography; Video Recording;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650422
