the aerospace programme

Workshop - Poiana Braşov, Romania, May 2003 1


The AEROSPATIAL Programme

Under ROmanian Space Agency (ROSA) coordination, is the first public funding

mechanism supporting aero-space research and application development

one of the strategic options:

TELEMEDICINE


• Environment:• Remote undeveloped, inaccessible zones;• Disaster (flood, seismic activity) hazard;• Medical assistance to be improved.

• Needs:• Resource sharing and management;• Mobile, remote medical assistance;• Integration of clinical databases;• Training & education of medical personnel;• International integration and compatibility.

The Telemedicine Need in Romania


• Institutional Basis:• Government Strategy;• National Programs Funding;• ROSA - ESA agreements;• Romanian Government - NASA agreement.

• Premises:• Development of IT&C infrastructure and services;• Awareness of the public and medical community;• Political will and support;• Public funding support.

The Telemedicine Premises in Romania


• Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot - Telemedicine System

• REALTRACE - Real-Time Movement Monitoring

• SMOPERR - Monitoring Humans under Risk Conditions

The Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare

*) details on specific projects and activities are available on demand or on web references provided at the end of this presentation

The first Telemedicine-Oriented Projects *)

integration expansion


Space Technologies Spin-off

broadbandcommunications

globalpositionningremote

sensing

societal applications

telemedicine

distance learning

disaster management

environment protection

precision agriculture

weather forecast and

warning

navigation systems


Space Applications inMedicine & Welfare

Strategic Board

involvement

outcome

The ROSA Umbrella

Professional personalities:• high, positive commitment• mix-qualification skills• professional recognition• various affiliations

• coherent strategy• specific targets• recommendations• harmonization


To be a productive context for telemedicine applications development, beneficial for health

care, health preservation, and human life protection within a clean environment

Instruments:• strong, valuable, national and international partnership;• use of up-to-date technological support;• coherent strategic management and funding;• sustained, continuous, e-education for specialists and public;• information and disemination of knowledge for,• public and institutional awareness increasing.

The Excellence Centre Mission


• Professional partners:• medical institutions interested in telemedicine;• research and application institutions in para-medical field;• IT&C know-how and applications suppliers.

• Synergetic partners:• governmental institutions and organizations;• non-governmental organizations;• societal beneficiary institutions and organizations;• educational structures.

• Economic categories partners:• public, non-profit;• private, commercial.

The Excellence Centre Partnership Appeal


• Telemedicine partners:• The Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot (strategic)• Clinic Departments in Romania•`Virginia Commonwealth University - USA

• Human biological welfare partners:• The National Institute for Sports Research (strategic)

• Space technology application partners:• The Institute for Space Sciences (strategic)• The REDGRID Consortium

• Independent professional personalities• IT&C applications partners

The Excellence Centre Partnership Status


• Major projects in progress:• The National Telemedicine System expansion• Human health protection and recovery• Romanian Telemedicine Association establishment

• Calls for national funded projects:• Medical data processing and mining• GRID Technology support applications

• Calls for international cooperations:• Medical imaging processing and knowledge extraction• European Sports Medicine Virtual University

The Excellence Centre Projects


Excellence Centre Strategy

Telemedicine Fundeni Pilot

Telemedicine and Welfare

Know-How and Technology

Partners

Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine and Welfare

Aiming toa National

Telemedicine Systemconnected to an

InternationalNetwork

International support: projects, grants, joint co-operation andco-funding

Medical Inst.Life Sci. Inst.Prof. Assoc.Technol. Inst.

publicNGOSME

Gov. Inst. (i.e. ROSA)NP/R&D

Services ProvidersInternet & Comm. Prov.Techology Suppliers

coop. agreements

co-funding

coop. agreements

project funding

fees

Telemedicine & e-Medicine System

REDGRIDGRID INTERNET

support, supplies

coop. agreements


The Excellence Centre Roadmap

Clinic, Educational and Dissemination Actions

The Fundeni Telemedicine PilotThe Centre for Surgery and Liver TransplantationThe Fundeni Medical Imaging Department

The National Institute for Sport ResearchIndependent professional personalities

2002

The Institute for Space SciencesTechnological Private Companies

Other medical partners

New members from public and private area

Calls for National and International Projects

GRID facilities installation

Integration of Medical, Welfare and Environmental Applications with Romanian and International Partners

Mobile TelemedicineContinuous Medical EducationIntensive IT (GRID) Applications

2003

2004

The Centre Initiation

2001

The first Telemedicine Projects under ROSA support


IT&C

ExcellenceCentre

R&D

medical

NGO’sservices

public & private application pool

attention of international

patners

Attraction Effect in Domestic Environment

“Gravity” Pattern:• coherent strategy,• common projects,• technological needs,• societal needs ....

Critical mass irradiation:• competence• solutions• education• opportunities ....


Excellence Centre Communication Support

Internet Barebone& GRID Communication

Fundeni Site

Medical Mobile Units

PolytechnicaUniversity

SiteOptical fiber ring

Medical Units

Abroad

PartnersMagurele GRIDAccess Point

radio streamer

NISR

ISS


Excellence Centre IT System at Fundeni Site

router

Ethernetto media converter

switch

switch

to CGSLT LAN

to DMI LAN

Center of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation LAN

surgeryvideo-conferenceroom & CODEC system

Department of Medical Imaging LAN

A B

A - DMI server& database

B - CGSLT server& database

GRIDserver

Applications Tier 3


Excellence Centre IT System at NISR Site

router

Ethernetto media converter

switch

switch

to NMRA LAN

to HPD LAN

Human Performance Department

A B

A - HPD server & databases

B - NMRA server& database

GRID server & VU

intranet

Neuro Motric Recovery Applications

GRID & Sports Medicine Virtual University

Applications Tier 3


GRID Access Facility at Magurele Site

router

fibe

r op

tic

med

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onve

rter

Institute of Space Sciences Grid Certified Access Points

NIPNE – HH Grid Certified Access Pointsto Magurele site institutions

conventional intranet facilities

router

Excellence CentreGRID Applications

Access

Tier 3

Tier 3

REDGRID Regional Tier 2


Web Portal: www.e-medicina.ro

Telemedicine and e-Medicine World - Welcome Page

general-purpose information pages▪ documents▪ forum▪ FAQ's▪ acknowledgements▪ contacts▪ events▪ site map▪ site informat ion

Telemedicine Cooperation

▪ national▪ international

Medicine & Welfare Excellence Center

▪ mission▪ strategy▪ members▪ portfolio

Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot

▪ concepts▪ applications▪ Fundeni pilot

Continuous Medical Education

Telemedicine Databases

useful external web references▪ Fundeni Institute▪ ROSA▪ Romanian Telemedicine Association▪ Advanced Technology for Life Sciences









Continuous Medical Education

Telemedicine Databases

















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Contact Information

The Excellence Center for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare

Strategic Board ContactVlad Văleanu

e-mail: [email protected]

Web information:

• general context: http://www.e-medicina.ro

• current presentation: http://www.e-medicina.ro -> documents

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