A Novel Image Capture System for Use in Telehealth Applications

Author

Lim, Ed W. ; Celler, Branko G. ; Basilakis, Jim ; Taubman, David

Author_Institution

New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

4743

Lastpage

4746

Abstract

A novel image capture and retrieval system has been developed for use in a range of telehealth applications in the home and in residential care facilities. The system is based around the JPEG 2000 standard and uses the PTP protocol for image capture from any high resolution digital camera and the Kakadu suite of JPEG2000 utilities to serve the collected images via a proxy server over any available communication channel from telephone lines to broadband services. When coupled with an image processing system such as the AMWIS system for pressure wound management, the system provides a high level of clinical functionality suitable for a wide range of telemedicine applications in rural and remote sites

Keywords

broadband networks; health care; image retrieval; medical image processing; telemedicine; transport protocols; wounds; AMWIS system; JPEG 2000 standard; Kakadu suite; PTP protocol; broadband services; communication channel; high-resolution digital camera; image capture system; image collection; image processing system; image retrieval; pressure wound management; proxy server; residential care facilities; telehealth application; telemedicine; telephone lines; Communication channels; Communication standards; Digital cameras; Image processing; Image resolution; Image retrieval; Protocols; Telemedicine; Telephony; Wounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259630

Filename

4462861