Teledermatology
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Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, Queensland, Australia Amanda Oakley Health Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand £15.99, 978-1-85315-507-9, 331pp, Paperback, March 2002  READ A SAMPLE CHAPTER FREE ONLINE |
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Teledermatology is one of the most useful and exciting new health specialties. With the growth of telecommunication networks and the development of digital imaging technologies, telemedicine is helping to provide patients all over the world with access to specialist healthcare professionals, no matter how isolated their surroundings.
This is the first book devoted exclusively to teledermatology.
It covers a broad spectrum of topics including:
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technical advice with an emphasis on digital imaging |
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global experience of consultations and diagnoses with country-specific case studies |
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patient education and management including the use of teledermatology in military, social services and prison situations |
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online resources |
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future developments in teledermatology including automated melanoma diagnosis and mobile teledermatology |
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discussions on the economics of teledermatology in both the developing and developed world |
Contents:
Section 1: Background and Technical Matters. Introduction - Amanda Oakley and Richard Wootton; Digital imaging - Richard W Whitehouse; Lighting and colour in digital photography - Ville Voipio and Heikki Lamminen; Digital cameras: still photography and video imaging in teledermatology.
Section 2: Current Experience - Diagnosis and Patient Management. A survey of teledermatology in the USA - Bill Grigsby and Nancy A Brown; Real-time teledermatology in Norway - Gisli Ingvarsson and Dagfinn Moseng; Telemedicine at East Carolina University: dermatology and the prison - Vivian L West and David C Balch; Teledermatology in the US military - Hon S Pak; International teleconsultations in dermatology - Joseph C Kvedar and Eric R Menn; Telemedicine for wound healing - Eliot N Mostow and Jennifer Geras; Transcontinental dermatology: virtual grand rounds - Henry Foong Boon Bee; The Florida Child Protection Team Telemedicine Program - J M Whitworth, Betsy Wood, Karen Morse, Howard Rogers and Michael Haney.
Section 3: Current Experience Education. Online dermatological information for patients - Amanda Oakley; An online dermatology atlas - Carl R Blesius, Uli Klein, Gabriel Yihune and Thomas Diepgen; Distance teaching of dermatohistology - Jorg Tittelbach, Andrea Bauer, Olaf Gotz, Ruthild Linse and Peter Elsner.
Section 4: The Future. The development of standards in teledermatology - Marta J Petersen and Margretta A O'Reilly; DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) in dermatology - Timothy K Chartier; Teledermoscopy: experience from Switzerland - Ralph Peter Braun and Jean-Hilaire Saurat; Where the basics are lacking: teledermatology in developing countries - Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, Prosper Doe, Lorenz Kuehnis, Laura Milesi and Giinter Burg; Online teledermatology consultations from private doctors - Christopher Clay; Mobile teledermatology - Heikki Lamminen and Ville Voipio; Automated melanoma diagnosis - Greg R Day and Hugues Talbot; The economics of teledermatology in the UK and New Zealand - Maria Loane; The economics of teledermatology in Northern Norway - Trine S Bergmo; Conclusion - Richard Wootton and Amanda Oakley. Index.
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