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ReviewBiomedical engineering online2013

Telepointer technology in telemedicine: a review.

Rohana Abdul Karim, Nor Farizan Zakaria, Mohd Asyraf Zulkifley, Mohd Marzuki Mustafa, Ismail Sagap, Nani Harlina Md Latar

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Review in Biomedical engineering online, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rohana Abdul KarimDepartment of Electrical, Electronic & Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Malaysia. rhn1229@gmail.com
Nor Farizan Zakaria
Mohd Asyraf Zulkifley
Mohd Marzuki Mustafa
Ismail Sagap
Nani Harlina Md Latar

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telepointer is a powerful tool in the telemedicine system that enhances the effectiveness of long-distance communication. Telepointer has been tested in telemedicine, and has potential to a big influence in improving quality of health care, especially in the rural area. A telepointer system works by sending additional information in the form of gesture that can convey more accurate instruction or information. It leads to more effective communication, precise diagnosis, and better decision by means of discussion and consultation between the expert and the junior clinicians. However, there is no review paper yet on the state of the art of the telepointer in telemedicine. This paper is intended to give the readers an overview of recent advancement of telepointer technology as a support tool in telemedicine. There are four most popular modes of telepointer system, namely cursor, hand, laser and sketching pointer. The result shows that telepointer technology has a huge potential for wider acceptance in real life applications, there are needs for more improvement in the real time positioning accuracy. More results from actual test (real patient) need to be reported. We believe that by addressing these two issues, telepointer technology will be embraced widely by researchers and practitioners.

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Biomedical TechnologyCommunicationComputersDelivery of Health CareHumansInternetMotivationRemote ConsultationSoftwareTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID23496940
PMCPMC3610246

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