Aims and scope

The overall aim of the International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications is to bring together science and applications of medical practice and medical care at a distance as well as their supporting technologies such as, computing, communications, and networking technologies with emphasis on telemedicine techniques and telemedicine applications. It is directed at practicing engineers, academic researchers, as well as doctors, nurses, etc.

Telemedicine is an information technology that enables doctors to perform medical consultations, diagnoses, and treatments, as well as medical education, away from patients. For example, doctors can remotely examine patients via remote viewing monitors and sound devices, and/or sampling physiological data using telecommunication. Telemedicine technology is applied to areas of emergency healthcare, videoconsulting, telecardiology, telepathology, teledermatology, teleophthalmology, teleoncology, telepsychiatry, teledentistry, etc.

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications will highlight the continued growth and new challenges in telemedicine, applications, and their supporting technologies, for both application development and basic research. Papers should emphasize original results or case studies relating to the theory and/or applications of telemedicine. Tutorial papers, especially those emphasizing multidisciplinary views of telemedicine, are also welcome. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications employs a paperless, electronic submission and evaluation system to promote a rapid turnaround in the peer-review process.

Specific interests are (but not limited to) in the following areas:

Telemedicine Supporting Technologies:
Network architectures for telemedicine
Wireless Telemedicine
Mobile service platform for continuity of healthcare
Complexity of telemedicine systems
New sensor and medical RFID technologies
Network/Data privacy and security in healthcare
Network research issues to support healthcare
Computing issues to support healthcare
Multimedia (video and voice) for telemedicine
Wireless telemedicine applications
Electromagnetic interference issues
Signal processing techniques in wired/wireless telemedicine systems
Interactive audiovisual and data communications
Telemedicine devices and peripherals
Database technologies for telemedicine
Standard Efforts for telemedicine
Tools and platforms for telemedicine
Legal and ethical issues for telemedicine
Quality of Telemedicine
Telemedicine sites experiences
Quality assessment and cataloguing for telemedicine application
E-nabled Access
Biomedical sensors
Biomedical sensor Networks
Computing and Communications of Biomedical sensor Networks

Telemedicine applications:
Emergency healthcare
Videoconsulting, telecardiology, telepathology, teledermatology, teleophthalmology, teleoncology, telepsychiatry, teledentistry
Distance Learning
Medical care delivery, diagnosis, consultation and treatment at a distance
Medical education and the transfer of medical data
Nursing homes or retirement centers
Home monitoring for patients
Healthcare in the aftermath of disasters