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Image and Signal Processing for Networked eHealth ApplicationsDistributed Telemedicine Based on Wireless and Ad Hoc Networking

Image and Signal Processing for Networked eHealth Applications: Distributed Telemedicine Based on... CHAP TE R 8 Distributed Telemedicine Based on Wireless and Ad Hoc Networking 8.1 INTRODUCTION The introduction of small and portable personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, and wireless communication, in general, has already changed the way we communicate with each other for everyday routine interaction. In the healthcare sector this reality enabled the development of advanced wireless distributed telemedicine services for remote areas. In recent years several telemedicine applications have been successfully implemented over wired communication technologies like POTS (Plain Old Telephone Services), ISDN, and xDSL. However, nowadays, modern wireless telecommunication means like the GSM, the GPRS, and the UMTS mobile telephony standards, as well as satellite communications and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) allow the operation of wireless telemedicine systems freeing the medical personnel and/or the subject-monitored bounded to fixed locations [1]. Telemedicine applications, including those based on wireless technologies, span the areas of emergency healthcare, telecardiology, teleradiology, telepathology, teledermatology, teleopht- lalmology, and telepsychiatry. In addition, health telematics applications enabling the availability of prompt and expert medical care have been exploited for the provision of healthcare services at understaffed areas like rural health centers, ambulance vehicles, ships, trains, airplanes, as well as for home monitoring [1]. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Image and Signal Processing for Networked eHealth ApplicationsDistributed Telemedicine Based on Wireless and Ad Hoc Networking

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2006
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978-3-031-00481-0
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67 –74
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10.1007/978-3-031-01609-7_8
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CHAP TE R 8 Distributed Telemedicine Based on Wireless and Ad Hoc Networking 8.1 INTRODUCTION The introduction of small and portable personal digital assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, and wireless communication, in general, has already changed the way we communicate with each other for everyday routine interaction. In the healthcare sector this reality enabled the development of advanced wireless distributed telemedicine services for remote areas. In recent years several telemedicine applications have been successfully implemented over wired communication technologies like POTS (Plain Old Telephone Services), ISDN, and xDSL. However, nowadays, modern wireless telecommunication means like the GSM, the GPRS, and the UMTS mobile telephony standards, as well as satellite communications and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) allow the operation of wireless telemedicine systems freeing the medical personnel and/or the subject-monitored bounded to fixed locations [1]. Telemedicine applications, including those based on wireless technologies, span the areas of emergency healthcare, telecardiology, teleradiology, telepathology, teledermatology, teleopht- lalmology, and telepsychiatry. In addition, health telematics applications enabling the availability of prompt and expert medical care have been exploited for the provision of healthcare services at understaffed areas like rural health centers, ambulance vehicles, ships, trains, airplanes, as well as for home monitoring [1]. The

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