title: [Mobile hospital -real time mobile telehealthcare system with ultrasound and CT van using high-speed satellite communication-].
abstract: A real-time telescreening system is developed to detect early diseases for rural area residents using two types of mobile vans with a portable satellite station. The system consists of a satellite communication system with 1.5Mbps of the JCSAT-1B satellite, a spiral CT van, an ultrasound imaging van with two video conference system, a DICOM server and a multicast communication unit. The video image and examination image data are transmitted from the van to hospitals and the university simultaneously. Physician in the hospital observes and interprets exam images from the van and watches the video images of the position of ultrasound transducer on screenee in the van. After the observation images, physician explains a results of the examination by the video conference system. Seventy lung CT screening and 203 ultrasound screening were done from March to June 2002. The trial of this real time screening suggested that rural residents are given better healthcare without visit to the hospital. And it will open the gateway to reduce the medical cost and medical divide between city area and rural area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Shinshu University Hospital. mtakiza@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Toyohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Hirohito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karaki
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohue
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D012424:Rural Population; D017215:Satellite Communications; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*