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Appendix B: National Library of Medicine Awards to Demonstrate Health Applications of the Next Generation Internet
Appendix B: National Library of Medicine Awards to Demonstrate Health Applications of the Next Generation Internet
Pages 314-333
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, such as improved quality of service, security, network management, and support for nomadic computing. Phase I awards were announced on October 14, 1998, and included 24 contracts totaling $2.3 million that were intended to improve understanding of ways the NGI can affect health care, health education, and health research systems in such areas as cost, quality, usability, efficacy, and security.
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Rural Health Science Education This project will develop a plan to evaluate the use of computer and interactive compressed video technologies to support rural health science education. It will enable delivery of interactive educational programming, such as grand rounds and continuing medical education, clinical information systems, library services, and consultation.
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Teleimmersion combines several virtual reality systems with advanced network capabilities for learning especially in surgical education. NGI guarantees data privacy and security and will allow teleimmersive environments derived from models of patient data.
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Enders 150 Boston, MA 02115 617-355-7821 617-730-0456 fax 7. Implementation to Serve Visible Human Datasets This project plans to implement an NGI production system to interactively serve Visible Human data sets and anatomical data evaluation software.
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Open Architecture Multispecialty Data and Telemedicine Integration on the Next Generation Internet The purpose of this project is to plan the implementation of a multispecialty telemedicine testbed using NGI. The plan will identify existing and new multispecialty applications in patient care, continuing medical education, and patient education to be integrated into this platform.
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Adopting the NGI as a Tool for Healthcare and Information Access This project will assemble a team of medical informatics users and networking advisors to analyze biomedical and healthcare information processes and select those that best demonstrate the application of NGI technologies and tool sets, while simultaneously providing demonstrable benefit to healthcare practitioners and end users. Many information processes in health care clinical services, biomedical education, and research will be assessed.
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Zeltzer Sarnoff Corporation 201 Washington Road Princeton, NT 08540 609-734-2975 609-734-2662 fax 14. Remote, Real-Time Simulation for Teaching Human Anatomy and Surgery This project plans to demonstrate remote, real-time teaching of human anatomy and surgery, using the NGI.
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Medical Nomadic Computing Applications for Patient Transport The goal of this project is to transmit multimedia diagnostic information in real time from ambulances to receiving physicians using NGI technologies, thus enabling diagnostic and treatment opportunities during transport. Contact: David M
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Radiation Oncology Treatment Planning/Care Delivery Application The goal of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate NGI capabilities for radiation oncology treatment planning and care delivery. The application will provide diagnostic support, treatment planning, and remote verification of proper operation of treatment equipment from the Comprehensive Cancer Center to a remote Johns Hopkins University treatment facility.
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A high-performance optical network testbed will link government labs and universities with traditional medical research facilities. The focus of the project is on the analysis and delivery of digital histopathology image data.
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The proposed infrastructure would support traditional breast screening; provide the opportunity to maintain and apply standard image processing and computer-aided diagnosis software; permit access to breast imaging experts for primary and secondary interpretations; and provide an opportunity to study and understand epidemiologic issues in breast cancer. Contact: Mitchell Schnall University of Pennsylvania Research Services 133 S
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Biomedical Teleimmersion By combining teleconferencing, telepresence, and virtual reality, teleimmersion enables teachers and students to interact with threedimensional models, point, gesture, converse, and see each other. Teleimmersion combines CAVE and ImmersaDesk virtual reality systems with advanced network capabilities to make learning environments so compelling that people will use them even when they are in the same room.
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University of Washington Grant and Contract Services 3935 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98195 206-616-1314 206-543-3495 fax 4. Connectivity, Security, and Performance of an NGI Testbed for Medical Imaging Applications The objective of this project is to implement an NGI testbed in northern California's San Francisco Bay Area for medical imaging applications.
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Internet Protocol Video Telemedicine and Patient Cardiology Education The purpose of this project is to address the technical issues impacting the delivery of telemedicine and sophisticated medical education using IP video over the Next Generation Internet (NGI)
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A Multicenter Clinical Trial Using NGI Technology NGI technology will be applied to provide the infrastructure of a multicenter clinical trial of new therapies for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) , a fatal neurologic genetic disorder.
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Box 208009 New Haven, CT 06520-8009 203-785-6753 203-785-6664 fax 9. Remote, Real-Time Simulation for Teaching Human Anatomy and Surgery Stanford University proposes to develop two teaching applications and a local NGI testbed network for evaluating their effectiveness.
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Medical Nomadic Computing Applications for Patient Transport The objective of this project is the real-time transmission of multimedia patient data from an incident scene and during transport to a receiving center enabling diagnostic and treatment opportunities prior to arrival. The offeror will use the diagnosis and treatment of challenging clinical models including acute ischemic stroke and trauma scene response to define a range of quality of service (QOS)
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Next Generation Internet Implementation to Serve Visible Human Datasets Phase II: Development of Testbeds The University of Michigan (UM) Visible Human (VH)
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Mammography for the Next Generation Internet, Phase II The University of Pennsylvania proposes to develop a testbed to demonstrate the feasibility of a national breast imaging archive and network infrastructure to support digital mammography using NGI technologies. They plan to improve access and performance of breast cancer screening with an imaging archive that supports storage, retrieval, and distribution of breast images for clinical and research purposes and ensures privacy and confidentiality with multilevel security embedded throughout the system.
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NGI technologies will be used to transfer large data files, execute real-time queries, and access information securely. The testbed will demonstrate that quality of service, medical data privacy and security, nomadic computing, network management research and development, and infrastructure technology for collaboration are NGI technologies that are integral to widespread deployment and optimal utilization of digital mammography.
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