title: Experimental telemedicine in orthopaedics.
abstract: There have so far been few telemedical applications in orthopaedics. This experiment involved clinicians in three different locations, two in Helsinki and the third in Tampere, consulting one another simultaneously. We used an ATM network to transfer X-ray pictures, digitized by a 12-bit CCD scanner and archived in a central image server. The consultations between the clinicians and the examination of the patient were transmitted by a videoconferencing system using the ISDN. We found that telemedicine offers new possibilities in orthopaedics, for clinical work, for training and for research.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Finland. mehela@uta.fi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lamminen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nevalainen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alho
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tallroth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lepistö
mesh_terms: D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics; D019114:Remote Consultation; D019112:Teleradiology; D014741:Video Recording