The joint venture project will make available telediagnostics (compressing, encrypting, and then transmitting medical data, tests, etc. to another location for review by a medical practitioner), and capabilities for quantitative image analysis for microscopic live images, with real-time viewing.
The ability to view and diagnose in real-time is expected to advance consultative communications, stimulate cooperation between clinicians and researchers in different institutions, promote medical education and training, and speed up the process of critical patient care.
The two companies will also make available telemedicine products and services that enable clinical interaction among medical providers and their patients using state-of-the-art compression technology. Using this technology, patients will be able to remain in the healthcare center and obtain the expertise of an off-site medical expert without the need to travel to a facility where those services are provided.
eNotes said that the telemedicine technology is characterized by its proprietary hardware-based video compression algorithms, the simultaneous delivery and receipt of video at a constant 30 frames per second (true television quality), a full color palette, full audio/video-synch (lip-synch), and no perceptible latency.
