ABSTRACT
With the increasing population, affording primary healthcare for the human community, especially through advanced medical facilities, is one of the major challenges today. Telemedicine is a good solution to link patients in remote areas and medical professionals all over the world. The efficient transfer of medical information from one location to
CONTENTS
23.1 Introduction to Telemedicine ......................................................................................... 487 23.1.1 Store-and-Forward Telemedicine ......................................................................488 23.1.2 Two-Way Interactive Telemedicine ...................................................................488 23.1.3 Remote Monitoring .............................................................................................488
23.2 Challenges in Telemedicine............................................................................................488 23.3 Challenges of Image Compression in Telemedicine ................................................... 489 23.4 Overview of Transform-Based Image-Compression Methods ................................. 490 23.5 Quality Control in Telemedicine ................................................................................... 490 23.6 Transform-Based Medical Image Compression .......................................................... 491
