Collaborative work during interventional radiological procedures based on a multicast satellite-terrestrial network.
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2007-10-04
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Collaboration is a key requirement in several contemporary interventional radiology procedures IRPs This work proposes a multicast hybrid satellite system capable of supporting advanced IRP collaboration and evaluates its feasibility and applicability Following a detailed IRP requirements study we have developed a system which supports IRP collaboration through the employment of a hybrid satellite terrestrial network a prototype multicast version of wavelet based interactive communication system WinVicos application and a partition aggregation and conditional coding PACC wavelet codec A semistructured questionnaire was also used to receive evaluative feedback from collaborating participants The departments of interventional radiology of University Hospital of Patras Greece and of Charite Hospital of Berlin Germany have been connected on the system Eight interventional radiologists and a vascular surgeon participated periodically in three satellite terrestrial fully collaborative IRPs average time 90 min of high complexity and in four terrestrial educational sessions with great success evidenced by considerable improving the IRP outcomes clinical and educational In case of high complexity where the simultaneous presence of remote interventional expert and or surgeon is required advanced collaboration among staff of geographically dispersed international centers is feasible via integration of existing networking and other technologies