Evolutionary Approach to Development of Collaborative Teleconsultation System for Imaging Medicine

Czekierda, Łukasz; Masternak, T.; Zieliński, Krzysztof

doi:10.1109/titb.2012.2194506

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“…A comparison of some teleconsultation systems, including DiViSy, DoctorPro, e-Consultant, Teleradiology.com, MedVizer, TeleConsult, Konsul are in [63]. A new prototype, namely TeleDI-COM, introduces new essential features, like multipoint-to-multipoint communication -although a very good bandwidth is required.…”

Section: Appropriatenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Telemedicine for Developing Countries

Combi¹,

Pozzani²,

2016

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SummaryBackground: Developing countries need telemedicine applications that help in many situations, when physicians are a small number with respect to the population, when specialized physicians are not available, when patients and physicians in rural villages need assistance in the delivery of health care. Moreover, the requirements of telemedicine applications for developing countries are somewhat more demanding than for developed countries. Indeed, further social, organizational, and technical aspects need to be considered for successful telemedicine applications in developing countries. Objective: We consider all the major projects in telemedicine, devoted to developing countries, as described by the proper scientific literature. On the basis of such literature, we want to define a specific taxonomy that allows a proper classification and a fast overview of telemedicine projects in developing countries. Moreover, by considering both the literature and some recent direct experiences, we want to complete such overview by discussing some design issues to be taken into consideration when developing telemedicine software systems. Methods: We considered and reviewed the major conferences and journals in depth, and looked for reports on the telemedicine projects. Results: We provide the reader with a survey of the main projects and systems, from which we derived a taxonomy of features of telemedicine systems for developing countries. We also propose and discuss some classification criteria for design issues, based on the lessons learned in this research area. Conclusions: We highlight some challenges and recommendations to be considered when designing a telemedicine system for developing countries.

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confidence: 99%

Telemedicine for Developing Countries

Combi¹,

Pozzani²,

2016

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“…We assume that the imaging data is transferred prior to a scheduled meeting and, therefore, all necessary data is already present once the session commences (which is typical for teleconsultation systems operating with large datasets [4]). The compression stage is intended to be run after the data transfer and before the start of the session and, therefore, can be treated as part of the session initialization.…”

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Compression of Image Sequences in Interactive Medical Teleconsultations

Malawski¹,

Czekierda²

2017

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Interactive medical teleconsultations are an important tool in modern medical practice. Their applications include remote diagnostics, conferences, workshops, and classes for students. In many cases, standard medium or low-end machines are employed, and the teleconsultation systems must be able to provide a high quality of user experience with very limited resources. Particularly problematic are large datasets consisting of image sequences that need to be accessed fluently. The main issue is insufficient internal memory; therefore, proper compression methods are crucial. However, a scenario where image sequences are kept in a compressed format in the internal memory and decompressed onthe-fly when displayed is difficult to implement due to performance issues. In this paper, we present methods for both lossy and lossless compression of medical image sequences that only require compatibility with the Pixel Shader 2.0 standard, which is present even on relatively old, low-end devices. Based on the evaluation of quality, size reduction, and performance, these methods have been proven to be suitable and beneficial for medical teleconsultation applications.

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“…Applications of the Internet include telemedicine, which has become a very broad term, encompassing many remotely performed processes in medicine, given as follows [2]: -Telemonitoring of patients' vital parameters (physical activity, weight, blood pressure, heart rate, etc.). If there is feedback on the basis of the parameters gathered, the term telecare is more suitable.…”

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“…The record of the consultation session can be used not only for evidence but also as educational material for other doctors or students. Currently, a second version of the system, TeleDICOM II [2], is being developed, focusing on further improvements to doctors' cooperation and providing flexible and extensible architecture.…”

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13. From telemedicine to modeling and proactive medicine

Czekierda¹,

Gackowski²,

Konieczny³

et al. 2015

Simulations in Medicine

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Contemporary healthcare delivers vast amounts of data. Telemedical systems contribute considerably to this, broadening the spectrum of available information greatly to include: -general medical and social profiles -history of previous therapies -laboratory and imaging examination results -records of everyday activities of patients and prescribed rehabilitation -records of food calories and times of meals -basic body parameters such as blood pressure, heart rate, body weight, temperature, blood glucose level, etc. -records of drug intakeThe sensing and monitoring of our life activity is going to be pervasive [1]. It will be a source of very valuable information which may considerably improve healthcare operation leading to personalized and proactive medicine, currently perceived as a very promising research area. At the same time demand for healthcare will become more and more widespread due to commonly observed trends: -better living conditions (including medical care) and civilization progress mean that people live longer than before. An ageing population is, however, at greater risk of cognitive impairment and frailty -chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes affect a considerable percentage of the population in highly developed countries -intensive and successful promotion of a healthy lifestyle and awareness of the importance of self-management of health and diseases Efficient utilization of this information requires employing advanced ICT technologies such as big data processing, machine learning, cognitive computing, predictive analytics etc. One of the interesting areas of medical data processing is modeling of selected aspects of human body behavior, supporting medical diagnoses and proactive treatment. This chapter presents how existing telemedical systems may contribute to this vision of future medicine. In Section 13.2 the traditional model of healthcare supported

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Evolutionary Approach to Development of Collaborative Teleconsultation System for Imaging Medicine

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Telemedicine for Developing Countries

Telemedicine for Developing Countries

Compression of Image Sequences in Interactive Medical Teleconsultations

13. From telemedicine to modeling and proactive medicine

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