Telemedicine and Shared Multidimensional Workspaces Peter Cohoon The University of British Columbia Ellen Gront The University of California at San Frands(o Part of the telemedicine and teleradiology mandate is the sharing of two and three dimensional workspaces. Interactive diagnosis using both video teleconferencing and shared work,spaces allows a pool of medical experts to share critical insights. In addition, the interactive annotation of images and models permit individuals with particular skills to work on a case independently. The people at Silicon Graphics have made tools available to facilitate telemedicine and have given the user the ability to modify the tools' structure to suit a particular set of needs. The basis for shared workspaces is a utility called Inperson and its associated annotation u t i l i t y Annotator. Development of this shared 3D environment has accompanied the development of a 100 megabit fiber optic ATH (asynchronous rransfer mode) network. Locally the University of British Columbia computer science department has three dedicated ATM links that connect the radiology departments on campus as well as links to three local hospitals. An additional utility called SceneViewer has been modified to permit shared 3D animations across a dedicated socket. This article
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