Abstract
We have been developing the Hyper Hospital, a network based VR mediated medical care system. The Hyper Hospital is composed of two seamlessly integrated environments, that is, the virtual and the real worlds. Of them, its virtual environment expands the conventional medical care system using the virtual reality technology as a principal human interface and a collaboration tool. in the present study, an attempt to extend the Hyper Hospital system to various modalities of communication network is reported. A satellite communication based multi-media network using Internet protocols with the WWW interface is used. Data transmission rate and other performances were measured under various conditions and the satellite network was shown to be suitable to the Hyper Hospital network.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 271-276 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Studies in health technology and informatics |
Volume | 39 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 Jan 1 |
Keywords
- Hyper hospital
- IP over ATM
- Satellite communication
- Telemedicine
- Virtual reality
- World Wide Web
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics
- Health Information Management