| Chair : Shuji Shimizu [ shimizu@surg1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp ] |
| Co-Chair : Ho-Seong Han [ hanhs@snubh.org ] |
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| Introduction : |
No one argue against the fact that there has been very rapid development in communication and information technology (CIT) in the world. Medical fields, however, have not necessarily caught up with the engineering advancement. Because image quality is a key in telemedicine and moving images are so helpful both in clinics and medical education, broadband and high-speed network is essential for medical telecommunication.
We have established a medical network system with high-quality moving image on a super broad-banded Internet between Korea and Japan since February 2003. Teleconference or demonstration of live surgery using digital video transfer system (DVTS) was revolutionary in medical fields. Since our activity was known at various places, there have been strong demands to join our project from many countries. In order to promote our system to whole Asia-Pacific regions, it is mandatory for both medical and engineering people to get together and discuss how to cooperate.
Medicine is one of the most important subjects for human being, and it is quite natural to organize a medical working group in APAN. Our ultimate goal is to provide patients with better healthcare by exchanging our medical views and experiences using advanced CIT. |
Objectives :
- To combine medical team and engineering team.
- To expand our advanced telecommunication system in Asia-Pacific regions.
- To improve the system with developing technology.
- To let medical people take advantage of broadband Internet for exchanging their knowledge and techniques with high-quality moving images.
- To obtain medical standardization and to provide patients with better healthcare.
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Milestones/Actions :
- 2007.01 - Medical WG was extended to a new term
- 2005.08 - Medical WG setup proposal was formally approved.
- 2005.01 - Formally started Medical BoF at Bangkok 2005 meeting, Thailand.
- 2004.10 - Participated and Demonstration of Telemedicine in APRU, Beijing, China
- 2004.07 - Participated and Demonstration of Telemedicine in APAN, Cairns, Australia
- 2004.01 - Participated and Demonstration of Telemedicine in APAN, Hawaii, USA
- 2003.08 - Participated and Presentation in APAN, Busan, Korea
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| The position paper will be posted on the APAN website. It will be a single view from the entire group. We take Prof. Kilnam Chon's proposal of the cluster. There are three main clusters. SEAsia cluster would have the countries in the neighboring countries. Oceanic cluster in Australia, North-east asia cluster is Korea, Japan., China, etc. |
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Documents :
WG Charter V1.0 dated on Aug 25, 2005 |
| Contact to Shuji Shimizu - Kyushu University [ shimizu@surg1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp ] |
| Last updated: 15 July 2010