A remote surgery experiment between Japan and Thailand over Internet using a low latency CODEC system

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 953-959

  Arata, Jumpei ^a   Takahashi, Hiroki ^b   Pitakwatchara, Phongsaen ^b   Warisawa, ShiN'Ichi ^b   Tanoue, Kazuo ^c   Konishi, Kozo ^c   Ieiri, Satoshi ^c   Shimizu, Shuji ^c   Nakashima, Naoki ^c   Okamura, Koji ^c   Fujino, Yuichi ^d   Ueda, Yukihiro ^d   Chotiwanll, Pornarong ^e   Mitsuishit, Mamoru ^b   Hashizume, Makoto ^c  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA TRANSFER; INTERNET; TIME DELAY;

CODEC SYSTEM; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES; REMOTE SURGERY; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION;

SURGERY;

EID: 36348975832     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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