Real-time Emergency Telemedicine System: Prototype Design and Functional Evaluation.
10.3349/ymj.2004.45.3.501
- Author:
Sun K YOO
1
;
Kwang min KIM
;
Seok myung JUNG
;
Nam hyun KIM
;
Sun ho KIM
;
Jin bae PARK
;
In cheol PARK
;
Jin ho OH
;
Seung ho KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Medical Engineering, Center for Emergency Medical Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sunkyoo@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Emergency;
multimedia;
telemedicine;
consultation;
real-time;
software
- MeSH:
*Computer Systems;
Computers;
Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration;
Emergency Service, Hospital/*organization & administration;
Equipment Design;
Human;
Pilot Projects;
Remote Consultation/*organization & administration;
Software;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't;
Telemedicine/*organization & administration
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2004;45(3):501-509
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this paper, an emergency telemedicine system was designed for the transmission of real-time multimedia for remote consultation, including radiological images, patient records, video-conferencing, full-quality video, ECG, BP, respiration, temperature, SpO2, systolic and diastolic pressures and heart rate. The standardized, modular, software-based design architecture, without resorting to external hardware compression boards, enables the low-cost implementation of the telemedicine system, using the unified, systematic and compact integration of multimedia on general personal computers. Experimental tests on local networks analyze the technical aspects of designed systems, and inter-hospital experiments demonstrate its clinical usefulness.
