DocumentCode
2768175
Title
Telemedicine Usage and Potentials
Author
Xiao, Yang ; Takahashi, Daisuke ; Hu, Fei
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL
fYear
2007
fDate
11-15 March 2007
Firstpage
2736
Lastpage
2740
Abstract
Telemedicine has been in use for many years and it is the use of telecommunications technologies to consult with remote physician. In this paper, we shed light on telemedicine in terms of the common usage and the future potentials of the technology with some examples.
Keywords
telemedicine; remote physician; telecommunications technologies; telemedicine; Biomedical imaging; Cities and towns; Costs; Data communication; Educational institutions; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Sustainable development; Telemedicine; USA Councils;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2007.WCNC 2007. IEEE
Conference_Location
Kowloon
ISSN
1525-3511
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0658-7
Electronic_ISBN
1525-3511
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WCNC.2007.508
Filename
4224753
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