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What is ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)

Chapter 594
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
A system of digital phone connections that allows voice and data to be transmitted simultaneously across the world using end-to-end digital connectivity.
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Telemedicine Applications and Challenges
Lakshmi S. Iyer (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch594
Abstract
Telemedicine has the potential to help bridge the time and distance gaps that can mean life or death for some patients. It can provide live video conferencing between local, rural doctors and clinics to the necessary specialists at a major hospital or research center. These conferences can provide quick and accurate diagnosis and save both the patient and the doctor time and money. This article presents a background on telemedicine including components, applications and benefits of telemedicine, challenges and trends in telemedicine, and conclusion with some direction for future research in telemedicine.
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Telepsychiatry Within European E-Health
Is a circuit-switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds than that is available with the PSTN system. More broadly, ISDN is a set of protocols for establishing and breaking circuit switched connections, and for advanced call features for the user. In a videoconference, ISDN provides simultaneous voice, video, and text transmission between individual desktop videoconferencing systems and group (room) videoconferencing systems.
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Planning for the Present and Future of Videoconferencing
A circuit-switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires.
Published in Chapter: Planning for the Present and Future of Videoconferencing; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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