Transmission of Endoscopic Procedures from the Medical Sciences Campus to Four Institutions Simultaneously
Transmission of Endoscopic Procedures from the Medical Sciences Campus to Four Institutions Simultaneously
On September 18, 2008, staff from the RCMI Center for Information Architecture in Research (CIAR) transmitted broadcast-quality, live video of endoscopic procedures from the Experimental Surgery Laboratory of the School of Medicine to four institutions in the United States simultaneously. Participants at the National Library of Medicine, NIH; the Johns Hopkins Hospital; the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Michigan School of Medicine were able to watch a demonstration of endoscopic procedures by Dr. Priscilla Magno, Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Manuel Más, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Laboratory, assisted Dr. Magno during the demonstration.
Dr. Priscilla Magno performing endoscopic procedures at the Laboratory
The video stream was sent via Internet2 at 30 Mbps using a combination of multicast and unicast technologies, including a reflector located by CIAR staff at the University of Puerto Rico High-Performance Computing facility (HPCf). Aníbal Vega, from CIAR, was the lead technician in charge of deployment and testing of these technologies among participating institutions. Myrna Agostini, Alex Lora and Brenda Nieves from CIAR also provided assistance during the demonstration. Daniel Cordero and Ramón Sierra monitored network performance at the Medical Sciences Campus and the University of Puerto Rico Internet2 GigaPoP at HPCf respectively. Eric Johnson and Erni Rubi also monitored network status at the Center for Internet Augmented Research and Assessment, Florida International University. Dr. José G. Conde, Director of CIAR and Professor at the School of Medicine, provided overall coordination of the project.
View from the National Library of Medicine at NIH
Special thanks to Dr. Craig Locatis at the National Library of Medicine, Dale Levitz at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Gurcharan S. Khanna at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Ted Hanss at the University of Michigan School of Medicine and their respective staffs for their collaboration.
The Center for Information Architecture in Research is funded by RCMI grant G12RR003051, and the HPCf is funded by INBRE grant P20RR016470, both from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.
A report and additional photos of this activity are available at the website of the Rochester Institute of Technology (http://rc.rit.edu/endo.html )
