Multi-site data sharing platform
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1. A method for sharing medical data in a telemedicine session comprising:
- receiving a biometric imaging stream in real time from a medical scanning device at a first telemedicine device that is at a first location on a network;
receiving a data stream in real time at a second telemedicine device that is at a second location on the network that is different from the first location, the data stream being one selected from the group consisting of a video stream received from a video camera and a biometric data stream that is received from a medical sensing device wherein the biometric imaging stream and the data stream are received simultaneously;
obtaining a plurality of biometric imaging frames from the biometric imaging stream as the biometric imaging stream is being received;
obtaining a plurality of data frames from the data stream as the data stream is being received;
inserting timestamps into the biometric imaging and data frames so that they can be rendered synchronously in real time on a remote device;
inserting a first timestamp into one of the biometric imaging frames at the first telemedicine device wherein the first timestamp is obtained at the first telemedicine device using a timing source selected from the group consisting of an NTP server and a GPS satellite;
inserting a second timestamp into one of the data frames at the second telemedicine device wherein the second timestamp is obtained at the second telemedicine device using a timing source selected from the group consisting of an NTP server and a GPS satellite wherein the one of the biometric imaging frames is obtained at the first telemedicine device at approximately the same time as the one of the data frames is obtained at the second telemedicine device, thereby causing the first timestamp to be approximately the same as the second timestamp and helping to ensure that the ones of the biometric imaging and data frames are rendered approximately simultaneously at the remote device; and
transmitting the biometric imaging and data frames in real time to the remote device while the biometric imaging and data streams are being received so that the biometric imaging and data frames can be rendered in substantially real time at the remote device.
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Abstract
A variety of methods and arrangements for sharing medical data are described. In one aspect, one or more data streams are received from one or more medical imaging/sensing or other types of devices. Frames are obtained from the streams. In some embodiments, particular frames and/or parts of frames are selectively encrypted. The frames are transmitted to a remote device, where they are rendered and/or displayed at the remote device. In various embodiments, the frames of different streams are synchronized.
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1. A method for sharing medical data in a telemedicine session comprising:
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receiving a biometric imaging stream in real time from a medical scanning device at a first telemedicine device that is at a first location on a network; receiving a data stream in real time at a second telemedicine device that is at a second location on the network that is different from the first location, the data stream being one selected from the group consisting of a video stream received from a video camera and a biometric data stream that is received from a medical sensing device wherein the biometric imaging stream and the data stream are received simultaneously; obtaining a plurality of biometric imaging frames from the biometric imaging stream as the biometric imaging stream is being received; obtaining a plurality of data frames from the data stream as the data stream is being received; inserting timestamps into the biometric imaging and data frames so that they can be rendered synchronously in real time on a remote device; inserting a first timestamp into one of the biometric imaging frames at the first telemedicine device wherein the first timestamp is obtained at the first telemedicine device using a timing source selected from the group consisting of an NTP server and a GPS satellite; inserting a second timestamp into one of the data frames at the second telemedicine device wherein the second timestamp is obtained at the second telemedicine device using a timing source selected from the group consisting of an NTP server and a GPS satellite wherein the one of the biometric imaging frames is obtained at the first telemedicine device at approximately the same time as the one of the data frames is obtained at the second telemedicine device, thereby causing the first timestamp to be approximately the same as the second timestamp and helping to ensure that the ones of the biometric imaging and data frames are rendered approximately simultaneously at the remote device; and transmitting the biometric imaging and data frames in real time to the remote device while the biometric imaging and data streams are being received so that the biometric imaging and data frames can be rendered in substantially real time at the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A telemedicine system comprising:
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A first telemedicine device at a first location on a network, the first telemedicine device comprising; a first processor; and a first memory that stores computer readable instructions, which when executed by the first processor causes the first telemedicine device to; receive a biometric imaging stream in real time from a medical scanning device; obtain a plurality of biometric imaging frames from the biometric imaging stream as the biometric imaging stream is being received; insert timestamps into the biometric imaging frames so that they can be rendered synchronously in real time on a remote device; insert a first timestamp into one of the biometric imaging frames wherein the first timestamp is obtained at the first telemedicine device using a timing source selected from the group consisting of an NTP server and a GPS satellite; and transmit the biometric imaging frames in real time to the remote device while the biometric imaging stream is being received so that the biometric imaging frames can be rendered in substantially real time at the remote device; and A second telemedicine device at a second location on the network, the second telemedicine device comprising; a second processor; and a second memory that stores computer readable instructions, which when executed by the second processor causes the second telemedicine device to; receive a data stream in real time, the data stream being one selected from the group consisting of a video stream received from a video camera and a biometric data stream that is received from a medical sensing device; obtain a plurality of data frames from the data stream as the data stream is being received; insert timestamps into the data frames so that they can be rendered synchronously in real time on the remote device; insert a second timestamp into one of the data frames wherein the second timestamp is obtained at the second telemedicine device using a timing source selected from the group consisting of an NTP server and a GPS satellite and wherein the one of the biometric imaging frames is obtained at the first telemedicine device at approximately the same time as the one of the data frames is obtained at the second telemedicine device, thereby causing the first timestamp to be approximately the same as the second timestamp and helping to ensure that the ones of the biometric imaging and data frames are rendered simultaneously at the remote device; and transmit the data frames in real time to the remote device while the data stream is being received so that the data frames can be rendered in substantially real time at the remote device.
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