La Laguna, 8th-21st March, 1999

NEW ADVANCES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

Course recognized by the ESACP (European Society of Analitical Cell Pathology)

Monday 8th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Welcome to the Course. Prof. Dr. O. Ferrer-Roca, Dr. P. Serrano (SCS), Prof. Dr. J. Gómez Soliño (ULL), Mr. J. Guadalupe (COMTF), Mr. Félix Rupérez (Nursery School).
Telemedicine in the Canary Islands. Telephonic Medicine. Prof. Dr. O. Ferrer-Roca, Dr. E. Aguilar.
Telephonic Medicine in Oncology. Dra. R. Subirana Serrate. Centro Médico Delfos. Barcelona. Spain. www.redkbs.com/catai/subirana/
Teleophtalmology in the Canary Islands. Dr. J. A. Abreu. Tenerife. Spain. www.vanaga.es/oftalnet/
Teledermathology and Telepsichiatry in El Hierro. Dr. C. de las Cuevas. Tenerife. Spain.
Transtelephonic Tele-ECG. Dr. J. M. Casañas. Tenerife. Spain.

Tuesday 9th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Systems of Finger-Print Automatic Recognition and Development Kits. Mr. A. Clark, Mr. A. Kittie. Sur Components. United Kingdom. www.keytronic.com

Wednesday 10th March, 1999 (17-20 h)

Tele-ECG: A Widespread Implementation. Mr. Gill Plotznisky. AEROTEL. Israel. www.aerotel.com

Thursday 11th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Tele Surgery Applications. Neurosurgery. Dr. E. Ferrer. H.U.C. Barcelona. Spain. www.?????.
Medical Image Generation: Physical Basis. Mr. J. Hernández Armas. Dept. Medical Physics. Univ. La Laguna. Canary Islands. Spain.

Friday 12th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Radiocontrolled Virtual Reality. Mr. F. Real. ITER. Canary Islands. Spain.
Telemedicine Body of Knowledge (part I). O. Ferrer-Roca (E), T. Mairinger (Au), C. Ruggiero (I), S. Markidou (GR)

Saturday 13th March, 1999 (13h)

Live Demonstration of a Teleconsultation of 3D Ultrasounds. Prof. G. Sakkas. Fraunhaufer Institute. Berlin. Deutschland. www.igd.fhg.de and Mr. L. Beolchi. EC-DGXIII. www.europa.lu

(17-20h)

Telemedicine Body of Knowledge (part II). O. Ferrer-Roca (E), A. Kastania (GR), V. DellaMea (I).
OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF THE TELEMEDICINE HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS.
The first Telemedicine textbook in the world. www.redkbs.com/catai/handbook.htm

Sunday 14th March, 1999 (11-13h)

Project Management Meeting of the CATAI-Consortium.

(17-20h)

Tele-Invivo Project. Tele-Ecography with Tridimensional Reconstruction. Radiosurgical Applications. Mr. Stephan Walter. Germany.  www.igd.fhg.de/teleinvivo/

Monday 15th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Compression Techniques Advances. Wavelets in Image Coding and Analysis. Dr. K. Wörle. Univ Regensburg. Germany. www.uni-regensburg.de

Tuesday 16th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Networked Access to Large Scale Image and Sensor Databases. Dr. P. Baumann. Active Knowledge. Germany. www.active-knowledge.de, Forwiss. www.forwiss.de

Wednesday 17th March, 1999 (17-20h)

New Intel Technologies on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Eng. J. P. Navarro. Intel GmbH. France and Isabel Lama. Spain.. www.intel.com/proshare/conferencing/

Thursday 18th March, 1999 (17-20h)

STOA (Scientific Technical Options Assesment) Office of the European Parliament and its Involvement into the Information Society field. M. Sosa-Iudicissa. European Parliament. STOA Office. Brussels. www.EuroParl.EU.int
Large Area High Resolution Displays; New Approach for a Telematic Center. Mr. J. Molins. Barco Systems. www.barcom.com

Friday 19th March, 1999 (17-20h)

History of Telemedicine. Standardization Comittees. M. Sosa-Iudicissa. European Parliament. STOA Office. Brussels. www.EuroParl.EU.int
Standards in Telemedicine. Prof. Dr. O. Ferrer-Roca. University of La Laguna. Tenerife. Spain.
Internet and Medicine. WWW Applications. Videotelephony and Streaming Video in Internet. Dr. L. G. Pareras. Hosp. Valle Hebrón. Barcelona. Spain. www.parera.es

Saturday 20th March, 1999 (17-20h)

Sleep Apnea Control at Distance through Mobile Phones. Dr. J. M. Carreras. Inst Carlos III. Madrid. Spain. www.api.isciii.es and (to be determined). Airtel. Spain. www.airtel.es.
New Robotic Advances in Telesurgery. Prof. Dr. G. Buess. Tübingen University. Germany.

Sunday 21st March, 1999 (17-20h)

Summary of the Body of Knowledge of Telemedicine. Prof. Dr. O. Ferrer-Roca. University of La Laguna. Tenerife. Spain
Closing Remarks. Experience of the Assistants. Free Papers Presentation Session.

WORKSHOPS (Every day from 8h to 17h at the Informatics Classroom of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of La Laguna)

Devices Available:

1. Tele-ECG recording and consulting; Cardiax demo software.
2. MPEG2 decoder; Snazzy adapter for digital videos; videotelephony over Internet; WWW programing with streaming video; video-servers in Internet.
3. CSCW through ISDN (Intel's team station)
4. Portable solutions for tele-ecography and tridimensional reconstruction
5. Ophtalmology consultations through the Web (www.eyedoctornetwork.com, oftalnet.es/).
6. Cibal Multimedia's Electronic History (www.cibal.es).
7. Active Knowledge's multi-user database system.
8. Visit to the Tele-ECG services of Clínica S. Eugenio, Playa de las Américas.
9. Radiocontrolled Virtual Reality.

VENUE: Aula Magna at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of La Laguna.

FEES: 30,000 pts. or 180 ECUS. CATAI Society members have a 50% off.

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Last edited: 29 febrero, 2000