Research Article
Performance Evaluation of an Enhanced Uplink 3.5G System for Mobile Healthcare Applications
Table 4
Typical medical data teleconsultation collaborative sessions between
moving physicians.
| | Digital device | Signal or image resolution | Data rate required | | Temporal/spatial (no. of samples per second) | Contrast/resolution (bits per sample) |
| | Demographic data | — | — | 100 KB (text size) | | Laboratory and clinical data, medical history | — | — | 1 MB (text size) | | Digital blood pressure monitor (sphygmomanometer) | 1 | 16 | 10 kbps | | Digital thermometer | 5 | 16 | 10 kbps | | Respiration | 50 | 6 | 10 kbps | | Digital audio stethoscope (heart sound) | 10000 | 12 | 120 kbps | | Electrocardiogram ECG | 1250 | 12 | 15 kbps | | Electroencephalogram EEG | 350 | 12 | 10 kbps | | Electromyogram EMG | 50000 | 12 | 600 kbps | | Ultrasound, cardiology, radiology (DICOM) | | 8 | 256 KB (image size) | | Magnetic resonance image (DICOM) | | 12 | 384 KB (image size) | | Scanned X-ray (DICOM) | | 12 | 1.8 MB (image size) | | Digital radiography (DICOM) | | 12 | 6 MB (image size) | | Mammogram (DICOM) | | 12 | 24 MB (image size) | | Medical video for teleconsulation (e.g., ophthalmoscope,
proctoscope, etc.) | — | — | 1.544 Mb/s | | Voice/video/chat communication of commuting physicians | — | — | 384 kbps to 1.544 Mb/s | | Common workspace management controls | — | — | 10 kbps |
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