The potential impact of 5G telecommunication technology on ophthalmology

Singh, Gurfarmaan; Casson, Robert J.; Chan, WengOnn

doi:10.1038/s41433-021-01450-z

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“…The VR technology use cases enable them to use language translation services and play ultra HD videos. However, the average bandwidth required is below even in the developed countries [202] . Similarly, the existing hardware such as laptops, mobile computers and other devices are not enough to meet the network requirements.…”

Section: Challenges and Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 97%

A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions

Ali

Khan

2023

Computer Networks

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Section: Challenges and Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 97%

A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions

Ali

Khan

2023

Computer Networks

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“…While the XR experience for the contemporary VR systems with 3840 × 1920 (4K Video) requires 25Mbps, the XR experience for PM solution will require much higher video resolution and higher bandwidth. A data rate of 100 Mbps is required to live-stream sub-4K resolutions with full immersion for more than 15 min without nausea [134]. The expected visual perception for PM-suitable XR system will be within and above the human perception quality, which is from 16K Video and above.…”

Section: F Advanced Visualization Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enabling Precision Medicine via Contemporary and Future Communication Technologies: A Survey

2023

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Precision medicine (PM) is an innovative medical approach that considers differences in the individuals' omics, medical histories, lifestyles, and environmental information in treating diseases. To fully achieve the envisaged gains of PM, various contemporary and future technologies have to be employed, among which are nanotechnology, sensor network, big data, and artificial intelligence. These technologies and other applications require a communication network that will enable them to work in tandem for the benefit of PM. Hence, communication technology serves as the nervous system of PM, without which the entire system collapses. Therefore, it is essential to explore and determine the candidate communication technology requirements that can guarantee the envisioned gains of PM. To the best of our knowledge, no work exploring how communication technology directly impacts the development and deployment of PM solutions exists. This survey paper is designed to stimulate discussions on PM from the communication engineering perspective. We introduce the fundamentals of PM and the demands in terms of quality of service that each of the enabling technologies of PM places on the communication network. We explore the information in the literature to suggest the ideal metric values of the key performance indicators for the implementation of the different components of PM. The comparative analysis of the suitability of the contemporary and future communication technologies for PM implementation is discussed. Finally, some open research challenges for the candidate communication technologies that will enable the full implementation of PM solutions are highlighted.INDEX TERMS Precision medicine, fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies, communication technologies, 5G, 6G.

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“…Telesurgery, on the other hand, is when surgery is performed on a patient by a surgeon from a remote site 29 . Due to the synchronous nature, it requires a reliable network that delivers low latency and high rates of data transfer (eg, 5G network) 30 . To date, most of the examples of telesurgery are done on animal models or in simulation.…”

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Metaverse and Virtual Health Care in Ophthalmology: Opportunities and Challenges

Tan

Lim

et al. 2022

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology

128

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The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 has further increased the urgent need for digital transformation within the health care settings, with the use of artificial intelligence/deep learning, internet of things, telecommunication network/virtual platform, and blockchain. The recent advent of metaverse, an interconnected online universe, with the synergistic combination of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality described several years ago, presents a new era of immersive and realtime experiences to enhance human-to-human social interaction and connection. In health care and ophthalmology, the creation of virtual environment with three-dimensional (3D) space and avatar, could be particularly useful in patient-fronting platforms (eg, telemedicine platforms), operational uses (eg, meeting organization), digital education (eg, simulated medical and surgical education), diagnostics, and therapeutics. On the other hand, the implementation and adoption of these emerging virtual health care technologies will require multipronged approaches to ensure interoperability with real-world virtual clinical settings, userfriendliness of the technologies and clinical efficiencies while complying to the clinical, health economics, regulatory, and cybersecurity standards. To serve the urgent need, it is important for the eye community to continue to innovate, invent, adapt, and harness the unique abilities of virtual health care technology to provide better eye care worldwide.

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The potential impact of 5G telecommunication technology on ophthalmology

Cited by 11 publications

References 54 publications

A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions

A Survey on harnessing the Applications of Mobile Computing in Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions

Enabling Precision Medicine via Contemporary and Future Communication Technologies: A Survey

Metaverse and Virtual Health Care in Ophthalmology: Opportunities and Challenges

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