@inproceedings{575b5cf344ed4bbfaa59bece6470c0c6,
title = "Telemedicine system necessary in disaster areas",
abstract = "There are problems associated with providing healthcare for elderly people living in evacuation centers or temporary housing after a big disaster. This paper introduces two telemedicine systems as tools to maintain the quality of the medical care provided for the elderly at such impromptu facilities. One of these is an electronic doctor's bag (eBag), which enables a physician at a clinic or hospital to check the condition of an elderly patient living in an evacuation center or temporary residence based on video images and biological data submitted via the Internet. The other is a tele-echographic archiving system that helps a physician understand ultrasonographic images submitted from a remote location. We discuss the functions of the telemedicine systems needed in a disaster area based on the results of a demonstration experiment carried out with an eBag, in an actual evacuation center.",
keywords = "Electronic doctor's bag, Large disaster, Mobile communications networks, Tele-echographic archiving system, Telemedicine",
author = "Norihiro Sugita and Makoto Yoshizawa and Hitoshi Kawata and Tomoyuki Yambe and Satoshi Konno and Oshifumi Saijo and Makoto Abe and Noriyasu Homma and Nitta, {Shin Ichi}",
year = "2012",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781467322591",
series = "Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference",
publisher = "Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)",
pages = "1661--1664",
booktitle = "2012 Proceedings of SICE Annual Conference, SICE 2012",
note = "2012 51st Annual Conference on of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, SICE 2012 ; Conference date: 20-08-2012 Through 23-08-2012",
}