Echo-cardiography on the Web: design and set-up of a virtual community of experts
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Abstract
Nowadays digital ultrasound-cardiovascular devices are able to send out directly digital images and films (still and loop modes). Thanks to the large adoption of such devices, the echocardiographic world is facing new ways of exchanging images and collaborate. What we present in this paper is a Digital Echo-Lab System composed by a web site, supporting and coordinating the work of specialists and a teleconsulting desktop application for second opinion (CAROLIN), designed around echo-cardiography needs. The web solution is suitable for echocardiography because stored loops have dimensions, which are compatible (in terms of Mbytes) with present Internet bandwidth limitations. The web site is integrated with a largely adopted Peer-2-Peer telemedicine teleconsultation tool (CAROLIN) allowing it to act as a bridge between CAROLIN's world and on-line web information sharing (suitable for students or virtual communities). We will also discuss the modeling process adopted to catch real users' needs: in most cases users do not have clear visions of how such technologies could improve their work and also developers do not know details of physicians work, that is why we need a precise modeling process.
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