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Operating Room
Surgeons in an operating theatre can share live audio and video links with doctors at remote location. Surgeons
in the theatre sees the far-end doctor on a video monitor as well as the live endoscopical images from the patient.
The far-end doctor also sees the images from the patient, hears audio and views DICOM patient data - all in real
time. He can thus give to the surgeons a second opinion.
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Education
Teachers can deliver a lecture from a remote location, appearing on a plasma screen while images from the
remote teacher’s own PC are shared with students via a classroom projector. Another classroom-based teacher
can use the electronic whiteboard to make notes that can be seen by the remote teacher in real time. As many
as ten sites can be linked simultaneously in a single multi-point conference.
Case Studies
IP/ISDN
IP/ISDN
Live endoscopic
camera view
XGA patient data
Live view from
“Far End” Doctor
for Second Opinion
Far End: Doctor for
Second Opinion
Far End: Teacher
Near End: Operating Room
Near End: Classroom
