The Practical Experiences with Deployment of Advanced Medical Teleconsultation System over Public IT Infrastructure

Author

Cala, Jacek ; Czekierda, Lukasz ; Nowak, Michal ; Zielinski, Krzysztof

Author_Institution

AGH-Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Krakow

fYear

2008

fDate

17-19 June 2008

Firstpage

349

Lastpage

354

Abstract

The paper presents practical experiences with deployment of advanced medical teleconsultation system - TeleDICOM over public computer networks and on standard PC computers. Requirements connected with operation in interactive and non-interactive modes have been discussed. Next, the architecture of the system has been described and its influence on deployment process and upgrade procedures has been evaluated. The thick-client architecture has been chosen; in this context communication and information flows are analyzed. The performance aspects of the system are related to medical data processing on a standard PC on a client site. The existing constraints of large DICOM files processing are listed and their solution are proposed. TeleDICOM was successfully deployed in John Paul II Hospital in Krakow and in a few regional hospitals in the South of Poland what practically verifies the proposed solutions.

Keywords

computer networks; medical administrative data processing; public information systems; telemedicine; John Paul II Hospital; Krakow; Poland; TeleDICOM; advanced medical teleconsultation system; communication flows; information flows; medical data processing; public IT infrastructure; public computer networks; thick-client architecture; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Data processing; Delay; Distributed computing; Grid computing; Hospitals; Middleware; Deployment; Medical Teleconsultation System; TeleDICOM;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2008. CBMS '08. 21st IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jyvaskyla

ISSN

1063-7125

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3165-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.2008.130

Filename

4562016