SUMMARY We developed a collaborative pedigree environment called CoPE. This environment includes a Java program for drawing pedigrees and a standardized system for pedigree storage. Unlike other existing pedigree programs, this software is particularly intended for epidemiologists in the sense that it allows customized automatic drawing of large numbers of pedigrees and remote and distributed c...

Applying GPS positioning and navigation technology to power systems,will realize precise navigation of power equipments, improve power system automation of routine works, and enhance working efficiency. In case of emergency, rapid fixing arrangements can be implemented through monitoring and command platform. With advance communication technology, the real-time video can be transferred to the e...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is limited evidence for remote stroke thrombolysis using telephone consultation and teleradiology. Results from a UK network using this treatment model are presented. METHODS Retrospective study of consecutive patients thrombolysed in 5 hospitals, with well organized stroke services, between 2012 and 2013. Remote thrombolysis was compared with thrombolysis deliver...

We report here on applying a complementary tracking and twohanded interaction paradigm to remote medical consultation using a mobile hand-held device. The basic idea is to track the relative pose between the mobile device and an integrated but detachable “patient surrogate” such as the device cover, enabling 6 DOF visualization of streaming vision-based 3D reconstructions of a remote patient. T...

the high comorbidity of medical and psychiatric diagnoses in the general hospital population requires collaboration between various medical fields to provide comprehensive health care. this study aims to find the rate of psychiatric consultations, their timing and overall diagnostic trend in comparison to previous studies. tehran university of medical sciences has got an active psychiatric cons...

BACKGROUND Perinatal regionalization is a system of maternal and neonatal risk-appropriate health care delivery in which resources are ideally allocated for mothers and newborns during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum, in order to deliver appropriate care. Typically, perinatal risk-appropriate care is provided in-person, but with the advancement of technologies, the opportunity to ...

the cytology study is effective and reliable technique in intraoperative consultation. this study was performed to evaluate the accuracy of the cytology study in intraoperative consultation of the breast lesions. 125 specimens of the breast lesions were examined and studied in imam khomeini hospital during the years 1998-99. the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for cytological method were ...

INTRODUCTION Rural and remote settings pose particular healthcare and service delivery challenges. Providing appropriate care and support for individuals with dementia and their families living in these communities is especially difficult, and can only be accomplished when the needs of care providers and the context and complexity of care provision are understood. This paper describes formal an...