Real-time emergency telemedicine system: Prototype design and functional evaluation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-509

  Yoo, Sun K ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Min ^b   Jung, Seok Myung ^b   Kim, Nam Hyun ^a   Kim, Sun Ho ^a   Park, Jin Bae ^b   Park, In Cheol ^a   Oh, Jin Ho ^c   Kim, Seung Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Seran General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Consultation; Emergency; Multimedia; Real time; Software; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSULTATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; RADIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 3543011351     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2004.45.3.501     Document Type: Article

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