Application of mobile phone in medical image transmission

Mobile wireless telemedicine is the latest area that exploits novel advances in telecommunication technology which provide health care delivery to the inaccessible areas that are hampered by the limitation of the application of conventional telemedicine system. In fact, this particular type of technology is not only confined to the transmission of voice data but also non-voice data communication like transmission of images. Therefore, this leads to the possibility of transmission of patient biosignal and medical images over the network by utilising the appropriate devices like mobile phones. This paper presents the results of the transmission of medical images using mobile phones with the help of an existing commercial software. The results are based on the criteria which include the transmission time and the quality of the image. The results and analysis of the experiments are presented.