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Multi-purpose healthcare telemedicine systems with mobile communication link support

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dc.contributor.author Kyriacou, E en
dc.contributor.author Pavlopoulos, S en
dc.contributor.author Berler, A en
dc.contributor.author Neophytou, M en
dc.contributor.author Bourka, A en
dc.contributor.author Georgoulas, A en
dc.contributor.author Anagnostaki, A en
dc.contributor.author Karayiannis, D en
dc.contributor.author Schizas, C en
dc.contributor.author Pattichis, C en
dc.contributor.author Andreou, A en
dc.contributor.author Koutsouris, D en
dc.date.accessioned 2014-03-01T01:19:18Z
dc.date.available 2014-03-01T01:19:18Z
dc.date.issued 2003 en
dc.identifier.issn 1475925X en
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15412
dc.subject Emergency health care en
dc.subject GSM en
dc.subject Satellite en
dc.subject Telemedicine en
dc.subject.other oxygen en
dc.subject.other ambulance en
dc.subject.other article en
dc.subject.other blood pressure monitoring en
dc.subject.other clinical protocol en
dc.subject.other consultation en
dc.subject.other data base en
dc.subject.other electrocardiography en
dc.subject.other emergency health service en
dc.subject.other health care delivery en
dc.subject.other health care facility en
dc.subject.other health care system en
dc.subject.other health center en
dc.subject.other home care en
dc.subject.other hospital service en
dc.subject.other image processing en
dc.subject.other information processing en
dc.subject.other intensive care unit en
dc.subject.other medical expert en
dc.subject.other medical information system en
dc.subject.other medical instrumentation en
dc.subject.other medical personnel en
dc.subject.other medical specialist en
dc.subject.other mobile phone en
dc.subject.other multimedia en
dc.subject.other non invasive measurement en
dc.subject.other oxygen saturation en
dc.subject.other patient monitoring en
dc.subject.other physician en
dc.subject.other rural health care en
dc.subject.other ship en
dc.subject.other standardization en
dc.subject.other telecommunication en
dc.subject.other telephone en
dc.subject.other temperature measurement en
dc.subject.other validation process en
dc.title Multi-purpose healthcare telemedicine systems with mobile communication link support en
heal.type journalArticle en
heal.identifier.primary 10.1186/1475-925X-2-7 en
heal.identifier.secondary http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-2-7 en
heal.identifier.secondary 7 en
heal.publicationDate 2003 en
heal.abstract The provision of effective emergency telemedicine and home monitoring solutions are the major fields of interest discussed in this study. Ambulances, Rural Health Centers (RHC) or other remote health location such as Ships navigating in wide seas are common examples of possible emergency sites, while critical care telemetry and telemedicine home follow-ups are important issues of telemonitoring. In order to support the above different growing application fields we created a combined real-time and store and forward facility that consists of a base unit and a telemedicine (mobile) unit. This integrated system: can be used when handling emergency cases in ambulances, RHC or ships by using a mobile telemedicine unit at the emergency site and a base unit at the hospital-expert's site, enhances intensive health care provision by giving a mobile base unit to the ICU doctor while the telemedicine unit remains at the ICU patient site and enables home telemonitoring, by installing the telemedicine unit at the patient's home while the base unit remains at the physician's office or hospital. The system allows the transmission of vital biosignals (3-12 lead ECG, SPO2, NIBP, IBP, Temp) and still images of the patient. The transmission is performed through GSM mobile telecommunication network, through satellite links (where GSM is not available) or through Plain Old Telephony Systems (POTS) where available. Using this device a specialist doctor can telematically ""move"" to the patient's site and instruct unspecialized personnel when handling an emergency or telemonitoring case. Due to the need of storing and archiving of all data interchanged during the telemedicine sessions, we have equipped the consultation site with a multimedia database able to store and manage the data collected by the system. The performance of the system has been technically tested over several telecommunication means; in addition the system has been clinically validated in three different countries using a standardized medical protocol. © 2003 Kyriacou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. en
heal.journalName BioMedical Engineering Online en
dc.identifier.doi 10.1186/1475-925X-2-7 en
dc.identifier.volume 2 en


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