EU-TeleInViVo: An integrated portable telemedicine workstation featuring acquisition, processing and transmission over low-bandwidth lines of 3D ul- trasound volume images

The device is now being tested in different socioeconomic conditions and adjusted accordingly to meet needs of developing countries and countries in transition. It currently comes in two versions, one fully portable, self-containing device, and a workstation version (PC attached to an ultrasound scanner for internal hospital use). A dedicated software package has been developed for the needs of this project, based on the InViVo ScanNT software package developed at Fraunhofer IGD. During a teleconsultation both partners, connected over a telecommunications network, are able to share the same interface and perform tasks visible in real-time, even on low bandwidth channels, to both ends on the same data set. The system supports various ways communication, such as Internet, ISDN, common phone lines, GSM, etc.