Mobile Telemedicine - A Computing and Networking Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Yang Xiao, Hui Chen Klappentext Advances in the area of wireless and mobile telemedicine to diagnose and treat patients have drawn growing attention from healthcare providers and recipients, industry, researchers, and governments.This volumeexamines computing and network dilemmas which arise from wireless and mobile telemedicine. Comprised of the contributions of many prominent international researchers, the book gives an overview of patient care and monitoring, discusses the use of telemedicine in cardiology and diabetes, analyzes security and privacy considerations, examines issues relating to networking support, and concludes with a section on the opportunities and challenges that are faced by those involved in this exciting technology. Zusammenfassung Examines the computing and network dilemmas which arise from wireless and mobile telemedicine. This book offers an overview of patient care and monitoring, discusses the use of telemedicine in cardiology and diabetes, analyzes security and privacy considerations, and examines issues relating to networking support. Inhaltsverzeichnis Patient Care and Monitoring. Cardiology. Diabetes. Security and Privacy in Telemedicine. Networking Support. Challenges and Opportunities.

Product details

• Authors: Yang (The University of Alabama Xiao, Yang Chen Xiao
• Assisted by: Hui Chen (Editor), Hui (Virginia State University Chen (Editor), Yang Xiao (Editor), Yang (The University of Alabama Xiao (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2008
• EAN: 9781420060461
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-6046-1
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; COMPUTERS / Information Technology, COMPUTERS / Networking / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications, MEDICAL / Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical engineering, Computer architecture & logic design, Computer networking & communications, Computer architecture and logic design, WAP (wireless) technology, Computer networking and communications