Telemedicine technologies information technologies in medicine and telehealth

This book brings together a broad range of topics demonstrating how information and wireless technologies can be used in healthcare. In this book, the authors focus on how medical information can be reliably transmitted through wireless communication networks. It explains how they can be optimized t...

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Main Author: Fong, Bernard
Other Authors: Fong, A. C. M., Li, C. K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. John Wiley & Sons 2011
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Summary:This book brings together a broad range of topics demonstrating how information and wireless technologies can be used in healthcare. In this book, the authors focus on how medical information can be reliably transmitted through wireless communication networks. It explains how they can be optimized to carry medical information in various situations by utilizing readily available traditional wireless local area network (WLAN) and broadband wireless access (BWA) systems. In addition, the authors discuss consumer healthcare technology, which is becoming more popular as reduction in manufacturing c
Physical Description:xx, 259 pages illustrations
ISBN:0470972157
047074569X
9780470972144
9780470972151
0470972149
9781282777118
1282777114
9780470745694