Doctors use video to save lives

Achievements

Remote diagnosis systems such as the one developed by the DRIVEN project can enhance responsiveness in emergency and disaster incidents, providing a significant time-advantage within that critical hour following an incident.

Date:

25/08/2016 - 13:56

Using medical video communication systems for remote diagnosis has the potential to significantly increase a person’s quality of care. This is especially true in remote areas and in developing countries, where access to specialised medical care is simply unavailable. Here, the development of cost-effective, portable video-diagnostic systems can have a catalytic effect for preventive, mass population ultrasound screening, thus reducing, for example, mortality rates attributed to undiagnosed cardiovascular diseases.

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DRIVEN

Project:

Diagnostically Robust Ultrasound Video Transmission over Emerging Wireless Networks

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CORDIS

Project website:

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/electrical-engineering/research/comms-and-signal-proce...