A Real-Time Tele-Ophalmology System Based on Secure Video-Conferencing and White-Board

• Main Authors: YU, Shengsheng, WEI, Zhuo, DENG, Robert H., YAO, Haixia, ZHAO, Zhigang, NGOH, Lek Heng, WU, Yongdong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/422; https://doi.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2008.4600109
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The paper describes a multi-screen real-time ophthalmology telemedicine system between a clinic and a hospital, referred to as TeleOph. TeleOph aims to mimic face-to-face consultation over public Internet network. It automatically connects still cameras and video cameras, and takes samples of pictures and videos respectively for remote consultation. Additionally, TeleOph employs a shared electronic white-board to enable an ophthalmologist to handle (e.g. change, highlight, zoom out/in) images, as well as control (e.g., play, pause, stop) video streams in both hospital and clinic in a synchronized manner. Moveover, TeleOph provides a collaborative-consultation function that allows ophthalmologists from different hospitals to jointly discuss and share patient data in order to increase the accuracy of consultation.