M-health medical video communication systems: An overview of design approaches and recent advances

Author

Panayides, A.S. ; Pattichis, M.S. ; Constantinides, A.G. ; Pattichis, C.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

7253

Lastpage

7256

Abstract

The emergence of the new, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard, combined with wide deployment of 4G wireless networks, will provide significant support toward the adoption of mobile-health (m-health) medical video communication systems in standard clinical practice. For the first time since the emergence of m-health systems and services, medical video communication systems can be deployed that can rival the standards of in-hospital examinations. In this paper, we provide a thorough overview of today´s advancements in the field, discuss existing approaches, and highlight the future trends and objectives.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; medical information systems; mobile computing; reviews; telemedicine; video coding; video communication; 4G wireless networks; HEVC standard; High Efficiency Video Coding standard; design approach; in-hospital examinations; m-health medical video communication system; mobile-health medical video communication systems; overview; Encoding; Medical diagnostic imaging; Standards; Streaming media; Ultrasonic imaging; Video coding; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611232

Filename

6611232