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| Title |
Telepointer technology in telemedicine : a review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-925x-12-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rohana Abdul Karim, Nor Farizan Zakaria, Mohd Asyraf Zulkifley, Mohd Marzuki Mustafa, Ismail Sagap, Nani Harlina Md Latar |
| 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. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Mexico | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 103 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Cuba | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 98 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 12% |
| Researcher | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 19 | 18% |
| Unknown | 16 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 22% |
| Engineering | 20 | 19% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 16% |
| Psychology | 6 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2013.
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#14,747,687
of 22,701,287 outputs
Outputs from BioMedical Engineering OnLine
#395
of 821 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#118,070
of 195,388 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BioMedical Engineering OnLine
#4
of 13 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 821 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.6. This one is in the 48th percentile – i.e., 48% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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