Title :
A Novel Image Capture System for Use in Telehealth Applications
Author :
Lim, Ed W. ; Celler, Branko G. ; Basilakis, Jim ; Taubman, David
Author_Institution :
New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
A novel image capture and retrieval system has been developed for use in a range of telehealth applications in the home and in residential care facilities. The system is based around the JPEG 2000 standard and uses the PTP protocol for image capture from any high resolution digital camera and the Kakadu suite of JPEG2000 utilities to serve the collected images via a proxy server over any available communication channel from telephone lines to broadband services. When coupled with an image processing system such as the AMWIS system for pressure wound management, the system provides a high level of clinical functionality suitable for a wide range of telemedicine applications in rural and remote sites
Keywords :
broadband networks; health care; image retrieval; medical image processing; telemedicine; transport protocols; wounds; AMWIS system; JPEG 2000 standard; Kakadu suite; PTP protocol; broadband services; communication channel; high-resolution digital camera; image capture system; image collection; image processing system; image retrieval; pressure wound management; proxy server; residential care facilities; telehealth application; telemedicine; telephone lines; Communication channels; Communication standards; Digital cameras; Image processing; Image resolution; Image retrieval; Protocols; Telemedicine; Telephony; Wounds;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259630
