tailieunhanh - ADVANCES IN TELEMEDICINE: TECHNOLOGIES, ENABLING FACTORS AND SCENARIOS

Innovative developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) irre- vocably change our lives and enable new possibilities for society. One of the fi elds that strongly profi ts from this trend is Telemedicine, which can be defi ned as novel ICT- enabled medical services that help to overcome classical barriers in space and time. Through Telemedicine patients can access medical expertise that may not be available at the patient’s site. The use of specifi cally designed communication networks with sophisticated quality-of-service for Telemedicine (distributed medical intelligence) contributes not only to the continuous improvement of patient care, but also. | ADVANCES IN TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGIES ENABLING FACTORS AND SCENARIOS Edited by Georgi Graschew and Theo A. Roelofs Advances in Telemedicine Technologies Enabling Factors and Scenarios Edited by Georgi Graschew and Theo A. Roelofs Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution license which permits to copy distribute transmit and adapt the work in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Katarina Lovrecic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Martina Sirotic Image Copyright Lasse Kristensen 2010. Used under license from First published March 2011 Printed in India A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Advances in Telemedicine Technologies Enabling Factors and Scenarios Edited by Georgi Graschew and Theo A. Roelofs p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-159-6 I kfTC LI OPEN ACCESS INI Evn PUBLISHER INTECH open free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .