- Department of Anesthesiology
- R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
- National Study Center for Trauma and EMS
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DIRECTORS
Technology:
Peter F. Hu, MS,CNE
Senior Systems Integrator
Senior Biomedical Engineer
Clinical:
Colin F. Mackenzie, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology
Program:
Yan Xiao,
PhD
Human Factors Specialist
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
and Information Systems
Address:
Anesthesiology Research Labs
685 W. Baltimore St., MSTF 5-34
Baltimore, MD 21201
USA
Email:
yxiao@umaryland.edu
peter@anesthlab.ummc.umaryland.edu
cmack003@umaryland.edu
TEL: +1
(410) 706 3418
FAX: +1
(410) 706 2550
URL: www.attp.ummc.umaryland.edu
Related research activities:
Human Factors Research Project(HFRP)RESEARCH & TESTBED
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The Advanced Telemedicine and Technology Program (ATTP) has three components: Research in basic principles of telemedicine, Development and design of new technology systems for telemedicine applications, and System integration and technology service for telemedicine applications.
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ATTP Support
ATTP has been funded by federal agencies
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as well as by collaborating industies and health insitutions:
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ATTP Projects
- Mobile telemedicine: Ambulance-on-the-web. This project designed and pilot-tested a cellular phone based, real-time video telemedicine system. The system was successfully used in TeleBATSM, telemedicine for BATSM, in diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke for the Maryland Brain Attack Center. As a testbed, Maryland ExpressCare ambulances were equiped with the mobile telemedicine system for evaluation.
- Telemedicine testbed: Advanced Telecontrol Center (ATC). ATTP designed and established ATC as the central hub for telemedicine system for an in-hospital high-speed video system. The testbed includes a telemedicine system for high-speed, two-way audio-video teleconsultation. Multiple camera views (lateral views and head-mounted see-through lens camera views) are provided to teleconsultants. The system was used successfully in real-time remote consultation of airway management.
- Remote diagnosis: an eye-tracking study
- LAN and Internet based mult-casting video system. This project tests technical and operational feasibility of distributing real-time audio-video and patient data through a web-interface.
- Enhancing information transfer from pre-hospital care. This project evaluates the value of non-voice data transmission (e.g. fax) from en route ambulance to the receiving hospital.
ATTP Technologies
ATTP focuses on real-time, video-based telemedicine applications and has
carried out research, development and testing of systems using a variety of
telecommunication media:
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Major healthcare related data types are included in ATTP scopes, such as live video, patient records, patient biosignals (summary and waveform), laboratory test results, and radio-sonographic images. ATTP has tested and/or implemented these data types in applications of diagnosis, telementoring, medical education, patient follow-up, specialty consultation, and workflow monitoring.
ATTP has the expertise in telecommunications, multi-media computing, interface design, human factors, system integration in health care systems, and critical care. It collaborates with rural hospitals, ambulance transport companies, acute stroke care specialists, dermatologists, satellite hospitals and clinicians in the Shock Trauma Center.