https://www.nedo.go.jp/news/press/AA5_101711.html
Hokkaido University, BIPROGY Corporation, and Technoface Co. have developed a remote palpation system (hereinafter referred to as this system) that integrates information and examination videos and shares them between remote doctors. We have recently successfully demonstrated remote palpation connecting three locations: Hokkaido University Hospital (Sapporo City, Hokkaido), Obihiro Kosei Hospital (Obihiro City, Hokkaido), and Hakodate Central Hospital (Hakodate City, Hokkaido). This system integrates and synchronizes multimodal signals that comprehensively analyze data such as images, sounds, and tactile sensations on a video frame basis, and transmits them via 5G. By integrating multimodal signals into existing video streaming formats, the factors that determine communication quality are simplified to only bandwidth and delay. This not only allows multimodal signals to be handled in real time, but also to be stored, distributed, and reproduced in a database, which is expected to bring new usage opportunities such as the quantification of medical procedures and educational applications. The research group, commissioned by NEDO, aims to promote the spread of this system and co-create value with users, and plans to begin full-scale operation and develop related technologies from 2024 onwards.
Picture from NEDO.
Left: Receiving site (doctors). Middle: Measuring site (patient, nurses). Right: sensor devices and touch-sensitive device