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Image and Signal Processing for Networked eHealth ApplicationsWeb Technologies for Networked E-Health Applications

Image and Signal Processing for Networked eHealth Applications: Web Technologies for Networked... CHAP TE R 6 Web Technologies for Networked E-Health Applications 6.1 INTRODUCTION When networking was first introduced in the field of medical applications, its role was limited to facilitating the connectivity and exchange of data between a central data center and various terminals in the scope of a clinical facility. In those days the resources provided by any trivial and proprietary local area network were more than sufficient for the development of the desired applications. Nowadays that networked e-Health applications of much larger scale and more importantly much broader reach are produced, the scope of medical applications has by far surpassed that of local area networks [1]. As one might expect, rather than reinventing the wheel, for reasons related not only to cost but mainly to interoperability, current and emerging networked e-Health applications rely on the existing networking infrastructure and standards, i.e., the Internet and its protocols, in order to reach its users. There have been at times, and still are, barriers of various natures for the utilization of the Web and its technologies in a medical framework. For example, parameters such as computer literacy and Internet access greatly affect the degree to which the existence of Web- based http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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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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45 –56
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-01609-7_6
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CHAP TE R 6 Web Technologies for Networked E-Health Applications 6.1 INTRODUCTION When networking was first introduced in the field of medical applications, its role was limited to facilitating the connectivity and exchange of data between a central data center and various terminals in the scope of a clinical facility. In those days the resources provided by any trivial and proprietary local area network were more than sufficient for the development of the desired applications. Nowadays that networked e-Health applications of much larger scale and more importantly much broader reach are produced, the scope of medical applications has by far surpassed that of local area networks [1]. As one might expect, rather than reinventing the wheel, for reasons related not only to cost but mainly to interoperability, current and emerging networked e-Health applications rely on the existing networking infrastructure and standards, i.e., the Internet and its protocols, in order to reach its users. There have been at times, and still are, barriers of various natures for the utilization of the Web and its technologies in a medical framework. For example, parameters such as computer literacy and Internet access greatly affect the degree to which the existence of Web- based

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