Technical and Program Tools for Telemedicine, Multimedia and Virtual Reality

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Synopsis:

Telemedicine - WHO definition, history, link between telemedicine and ICT, technical tools. eHealth. Practical applications of technical and program tools with multimedial technology and virtual reality in medical practice (cardiology, rehabilitation, ...).

Requirements:

Solved and documented individual exercise.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction. Examination requirements. Project information.

2. Telemedicine I - history.

3. Telemedicine II - present.

4. Telemedicine III - future.

5. Technical Devices of Telemedicine, use.

6. Software Tools of Telemedicine, use.

7. eHealth, use.

8. Virtual Reality I - history

9. Virtual Reality II - present and future

10. Technical Devices of Virtual Reality, use.

11. Software Tools of Virtual Reality, use.

12. Virtual Reality in Cardiology.

13. Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation.

14. Summary.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Examination requirements. General Safety Rules. Excursion to the laboratory. Project Submission.

2. Project consultation.

3. Project consultation.

4. Project consultation.

5. Project consultation.

6. Project consultation.

7. Project consultation.

8. Project consultation.

9. Project consultation.

10. Project consultation.

11. Project consultation.

12. Project consultation.

13. Project consultation. Project presentation I.

14. Project consultation. Project presentation II. Award an ungraded assessment.

Study Objective:

Familiarized with definition telemedicine, eHealth, multimedial technology and virtual reality and theirs technical and program tools for medical practice.

Study materials:

[1] A. C. Norris: Essentials of Telemedicine and Telecare. Wiley (December 12, 2001), ISBN-10: 0471360899

[2] Grigore C. Burdea, Philippe Coiffet: Virtual Reality Technology. Wiley-IEEE Press; 2 edition (June 2003), ISBN-10: 0471360899.

[3] Andreas Lymberis, Danilo E. De Rossi: Wearable eHealth Systems For Personalised Health Management: State Of The Art and Future Challenges (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). IOS Press; 1 edition (December 1, 2004), ISBN-10: 1586034499

[4] Alistair Sutcliffe: Multimedia and Virtual Reality: Designing Multisensory User Interfaces. Lawrence Erlbaum; illustrated edition edition (January 1, 2003), ISBN-10: 080583950X

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Navazující magisterský studijní obor Přístroje a metody pro biomedicínu - prezenční v angličtině (compulsory elective course)