Title : HIPERMED - High Definition videoconferencing tools in remote medical diagnosis

Project Lead : Chabrera Oscar From : ViLynx-MERKUM (Spain)

Dates : from 2014-03-18 07:58:56 to 2014-11-28 15:07:54

Description :

Motivation and objectives :
This TNA, impulsed by the CELTIC project HIPERMED, proposes the study, design, experimentation and demonstration of a complex video transmission system using the infrastructure provided by Visionairs partners deployed under a scenario with two main use cases (Full HD multiconferencing and 3D video transmission) previously considered in HIPERMED, but now evolved. More in particular, HIPERMED is a project focused on the creation of an open telemedicine platform. Currently, the type and level of medical competence is highly location-dependent. The procedures involving travel of either the patient or medical staff are risky, costly and time-consuming. In emergency situations especially, time constraints often make multidisciplinary expertise impossible. Remote collaboration between doctors is an approach to solve this problem. For this reason, HIPERMED consortium represented by MERKUM (Spain) and University of Lorraine (France) request the technology (device transportation) and specialists in scope of a VISIONAIR TNA related to UHD-NET partners, I2CAT (Spain) and PSNC (Poland). Now, this project seeks to stimulate potential synergies with UHD NET VISIONAIR infrastructures and explore multiple possibilities offered by i2CAT and PSNC partners. The final goal is to demonstrate the necessity of extending to healthcare facilities (e.g.: hospitals, clinics, etc.) the implementation of these kind of infrastructures and the potential benefits that they could bring to the whole society. As a consequence of previous TNAs in different areas (i.e.: virtual performances, distributed dance, etc.) with public demonstrations of the results obtained (e.g.: ICT 2013 or FIA Event), this TNA proposes to de-locate the application of UHD and 3D technologies in the field of e-health with a final public demonstration at the CELTIC EVENT in Monaco, the 23rd and 24th of April 2014. This TNA will experiment in one single scenario, based on the possibility to move advanced infrastructures and equipment into a non-usual location and demonstrate the advantages of such solutions in front of the audience. The scenario will demonstrate to specific use cases, both described below. - Demo Use Case 1: This use case describes a professional to professional emergency scenario that allows a regional hospital (RGH) with lack of specialized clinical services to connect to a hospital of reference (RFH) which provides an urgent remote diagnostic. Afterwards, and due to the fact that the patient has not been transferred, the specialized service from the hospital of reference has also to provide a remote follow-up while patient recovers. The demonstration shows a remote consultation of a burnt patient case, performed using a Full HD videoconferencing connection through an MCU (software provided by i2CAT), with additional website tool for sharing medical reports and uploading some images from the videoconference. - Demo Use Case 2: The use case presents High Definition (Full HD) videoconferencing (minisip) through a Multi-Point Control Unit (i2CATs MCU) that allows more than two doctors to join a remote consultation session. In turn, the doctors have the possibility to communicate using a 3D full HD camera (hardware and software provided by PSNC), which aim is to improve the videoconference experience and deliver a more realistic approach. Apart from the high quality video and audio and low delay of the system, the doctors interaction can benefit from a set of specialized medical services enhancing the cooperative experience. One of the key features for remote consultations is the capacity to collaboratively work on DICOM images with other participants of the videoconferencing session. Each of the doctors can connect an additional computer with a DICOM viewer installed. This can be a workstation connected to a medical PACS system or, as it is usually the case, the doctors personal laptop. The platform enables the doctor to share the feed from the DICOM viewer with all his colleagues. Furthermore, all participants can remotely control the DICOM viewers to enable more efficient collaboration. The possibility delivered by VISIONAIR to HIPERMED is strongly relevant for the sector due to its high impact on the audience and the importance of investing in the use of infrastructures like those provided by VISIONAIR, in this case, to the healthcare sector.

Teams :
HIPERMED offers a high performance telemedicine platform based on a unified Service Oriented Architecture providing media services, SIP-based plane services and network services over the Internet Protocol, which supports remote consulting, tele-teaching and distributed consensus decision-making on treatment programs and with the possibility of implementing any sort of healthcare unit. HIPERMED platform is open to third parties to integrate their eHealth solutions for both Professional-to-Professional and Professional-to-Patient scenarios

Dates :
starting date : 08 April, 2014
ending date : 24 April, 2014

Facilities descriptions :
http://visionair-browser.g-scop.grenoble-inp.fr/visionair/Browser/Catalogs/PSNC.PL.html

Recordings & Results :
HIPERMED project (http://www.hipermed.org/), the first cross domain project involving from definition to validation partners from both ICT and Hospitals has been awarded with the "2014 SILVER Excellence Award".(http://www.celtic-initiative.org/Publications/Press_releases/Project%20Award%20winners%202014.pdf) Every year CELTIC-Plus selects the three best projects with regards to innovation and impact results. HIPERMED project has completed a common open HIgh PERformance teleMEDicine platform based on a unified Service Oriented Architecture providing media over IP using SIP-based control plane services and network media services over the Internet. This platform has been tested in Inter Professionals and Professional to Patient different scenarios with a common validation methodology and involving also external final users. With a budget of 6.3M, the project has been able to improve 8 existing products and develop 8 new branded products that are already under deployment at a European Scale with an estimated return on investment over 100 times. The project was led by Oscar Chabrera, (MERKUM-ViLynx) Spain and involves partners from five different countries allowing to cross check project results in different e-health systems including France, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Turkey

Conclusions :
HIPERMED and its demonstration was awarded by "CELTIC 2014 SILVER Excellence Award"




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