title: Portable emergency telemedicine system over wireless broadband and 3G networks.
abstract: The telemedicine system aims at monitoring patients remotely without limit in time and space. However the existing telemedicine systems exchange medical information simply in a specified location. Due to increasing speed in processing data and expanding bandwidth of wireless networks, it is possible to perform telemedicine services on personal digital assistants (PDA). In this paper, a telemedicine system on PDA was developed using wideband mobile networks such as Wi-Fi, HSDPA, and WiBro for high speed bandwidths. This system enables to utilize and exchange variety and reliable patient information of video, biosignals, chatting messages, and triage data. By measuring bandwidths of individual data of the system over wireless networks, and evaluating the performance of this system using PDA, we demonstrated the feasibility of the designed portable emergency telemedicine system.
authors: Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Univ. of Yonsei, Seoul, Korea. xinghui@yuhs.ac
authors: SungHye
authors: S
authors: Hong
authors: SangYong
authors: S
authors: Kim
authors: JungChae
authors: J
authors: Kim
authors: DongKyu
authors: D
authors: Lim
authors: SeokMyung
authors: S
authors: Jung
authors: DongKeun
authors: D
authors: Kim
authors: Sun K
authors: SK
authors: Yoo
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D040421:Cell Phone; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods