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Transferring
large quantities of images
Medical examinations generate a higher and higher quantity
of large-sized images. Two examples of this are found in cardiology
and oncology..
In cardiology, the survival of the patient depends
both on the swiftness of the intervention on the patient and
on the efficiency of the follow-up in the hospitals and clinics.
In Belgium, departments of cardiology are classified into
several levels: class A (non-invasive treatments), class B1
(non therapeutic invasive treatments, for instance coronarography)
and class B2 (therapeutic invasive treatments, for instance
heart surgery).
In the context of the diagnostic and therapeutic follow-up
of the cardiac pathologies, a continuous dialog takes place
between the various doctors involved: from cardiologist to
cardiologist, from cardiologist to heart surgeon and between
heart surgeons. Ultrasound examinations may be executed in
a department of class A and then transmitted to a class B1
department in case a coronarography must be done. All the
images are then sent on to a class B2 department if surgery
is needed.
This exchange of information needs a faster follow-up
for the critical cases. It should also avoid repeating the
execution of examinations already done elsewhere on the patient.
The fast and efficient distribution of these dynamic images
on high-speed networks is a key factor in the quality of patient
care.
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Telemis-Medical in the cardiology department.
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In
oncology, the collaboration of various medical
specialists (radiologists, cardiologists, nuclear medicine
physicians, radiotherapy clinicians) is of major importance
to the therapeutic decision making process. The arrival
of the PET SCAN devices has accelerated the need for
discussion, both for therapeutic reasons and for continuous
training and evaluation between geographically-distant
specialists. This calls for a "remote" version
of the medical staff meetings that take place today
inside the hospitals. In order to allow these distributed
staff meetings, large quantities of images must be quickly
distributed from one site to another. The image visualisation
must be interactive and the solution must be equipped
with video-conference.
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