title: An integrated service digital network (ISDN)-based international telecommunication between Samsung Medical Center and Hokkaido University using telecommunication helped radiotherapy planning and information system (THERAPIS).
abstract: This study introduces the integrated service digital network (ISDN)-based international teleradiotherapy system (THERAPIS) in radiation oncology between hospitals in Seoul, South Korea and in Sapporo, Japan. THERAPIS has the following functions: (1) exchange of patient's image data, (2) real-time teleconference, and (3) communication of the treatment planning, dose calculation and distribution, and of portal verification images between the remote hospitals. Our preliminary results of applications on eight patients demonstrated that the international telecommunication using THERAPIS was clinically useful and satisfactory with sufficient bandwidth for the transfer of patient data for clinical use in radiation oncology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon Dong, Kangnam Ku, 135-710, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000639:trends*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D019112:Teleradiology