Title :
Using ISDN-30 for coronary angio data transport
Author :
Spruijt, HJ ; Karreman, AJP ; Bronzwaer, JGF ; Umans, VAWM ; Dijk, WA ; Dassen, WRM
Author_Institution :
Acad. Hospital, Vrije Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
On a regularly basis patients are referred by the Medical Center Alkmaar (MCA) to the University Hospital VU (AZVU) in Amsterdam for PTCA. For basic decision making, a quick look into the X-ray angio made in the MCA is needed. For that reason, an ISDN-30 point-re-point data-line connection was installed, over which mpeg compressed X-ray angios are transferred from MCA to AZVU for viewing. In MCA an image server is installed, onto which the referring cardiologist downloads the angio´s using Sneakernet. In AZVU a viewing station is installed on which a web-based application can be executed, with which the data-transport can be initiated and the cine films can be viewed. The speed of the data-transport, the image quality as experienced by the AZVU cardiologists, and the cost effectiveness are discussed. Also recommendations for future software improvements are given
Keywords :
ISDN; angiocardiography; biomedical communication; diagnostic radiography; ISDN-30; Medical Center Alkmaar; Sneakernet; University Hospital VU; coronary angio data transport; cost effectiveness; data-transport; image quality; medical diagnostic imaging; mpeg compressed X-ray angios; point-re-point data-line connection; software improvements; viewing station; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Cardiology; Costs; Decision making; Hospitals; Image coding; Image quality; Transform coding; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology 1998
Conference_Location :
Cleveland, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5200-9
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1998.731907
