A tele-ophthalmology system based on secure video-conferencing and white-board

Author

Yu, Shengsheng ; Wei, Zhuo ; Deng, Robert H. ; Yao, Haixia ; Zhao, Zhigang ; Ngoh, Lek Heng ; Wu, Yongdong

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Hua Zhong Univ. Sci. & Technol., Wuhan

fYear

2008

fDate

7-9 July 2008

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

52

Abstract

The paper describes a multi-screen real-time ophthalmology telemedicine system between a clinic and a hospital, referred to as TeleOph. TeleOph aims to mimic face-to-face consultation over public Internet network. It automatically connects still cameras and video cameras, and takes samples of pictures and videos respectively for remote consultation. Additionally, TeleOph employs a shared electronic white-board to enable an ophthalmologist to handle (e.g. change, highlight, zoom out/in) images, as well as control (e.g., play, pause, stop) video streams in both hospital and clinic in a synchronized manner. Moveover, TeleOph provides a collaborative-consultation function that allows ophthalmologists from different hospitals to jointly discuss and share patient data in order to increase the accuracy of consultation.

Keywords

Internet; eye; health care; teleconferencing; telemedicine; video communication; TeleOph; face-to-face consultation; multiscreen real-time ophthalmology telemedicine system; public Internet network; still camera; tele-ophthalmology system; video camera; video-conferencing; white-board; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Cryptography; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Streaming media; Telemedicine; Video sharing; Videoconference; SSL; Telemedicine; real-time; video-conference; white-board;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-health Networking, Applications and Services, 2008. HealthCom 2008. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2280-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2281-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600109

Filename

4600109