Implementation of a teleteaching room project for surgeons

This project, initiated by Alcatel concerns the creation of a teleteaching room for surgical applications. It is meant for the Institute of Research into Cancer of the Digestive System (IRCAD) in Strasbourg, France and takes place within the study program of a French engineering school, the ENSPS. It aims at enabling a surgeon teacher to communicate in real-time with his students through an Ethernet-based network. The surgeon in charge can perform his operation and send the video in real-time to his students working in different places. He can also send PowerPoint lectures, look after his students\´ work and correct them. This project has been divided into three parts: the compression and decompression of the video stream, the transfer in real-time of data between several computers with switch possibilities and the implementation of a graphical interface meant for worldwide surgeons. The issues at stakes are important. Two years ago, such technologies gave birth to the "Lindbergh\´s project". From New-York, Pr. J. Marescaux, founder of IRCAD, performed for the first time ever a surgical operation on a patient based in Strasbourg. This project follows the track of this achievement.