Telemedicine project for the Cardiocenter of Villa Clara

Abstract

Telemedicine encompasses several lines of research, with telediagnosis and the imaging of topics that have been particularly important today. In Cuba this is an area in which special attention has been dedicated and it is the Cardiocentro of Villa Clara from the medical centers that benefit most from these advances. Currently, the surgical center has a network of national scope, with modern diagnostic and therapeutic means and with highly qualified medical personnel. This research focuses on evaluating whether the current Cardiocentro network can support the new transmission, reception and processing services of the images generated in the computerized tomograph, the angiograph and the echocardiograph among others using network simulation tools that allow evaluate network performance.