Title :
Telemedicine for mountain climbers with high quality video and stethoscope sound transmission
Author :
Nakamura, Masayuki ; Yang, Yuying ; Miura, Yutaka ; Takizawa, Masaomi
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. Res. Inst., Nagano Prefacture, Japan
Abstract :
An experimental telemedicine network is set up to provide telemedicine support to temporary mountain clinic on Japan Alps. The network is composed of long-range wireless LAN´s and three CATV networks. It can simultaneously transmit MPEG-2 based video at 2 Mbps and digital stethoscope sound at 192 kbps, which provide enough resolution for doctors to diagnosis.
Keywords :
acoustic wave transmission; bioacoustics; cable television; geriatrics; local area networks; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; sport; telemedicine; visual communication; 192 kbit/s; 2 Mbit/s; CATV networks; MPEG-2 based video; emergency treatments; long-range wireless LAN; mountain climbers; old age people; patient diagnosis; stethoscope sound transmission; telemedicine; video transmission; Bit rate; Foot; Heart beat; Hospitals; Injuries; Local area networks; MONOS devices; Stethoscope; Telemedicine; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering, 2003. IEEE EMBS Asian-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7943-8
DOI :
10.1109/APBME.2003.1302592
