Open AccessDigital Video Capture and Synchronous Consultation in Open Surgery
Author(s) -
Azhar Rafiq,
Joe Moore,
Xiaoming Zhao,
Charles R. Doarn,
Ronald C. Merrell
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000118749.24645.45
Subject(s) - medicine , visualization , laparoscopic surgery , computer vision , artificial intelligence , medical physics , computer science , laparoscopy , surgery
To achieve real-time or simultaneous surgical consultation and education to students in distant locations, we report the successful integration of robotics, video-teleconferencing, and intranet transmission using currently available hardware and Internet capabilities.