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Introduction to Teledermatology

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Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication technologies for the exchange of medical information over a distance. Teledermatology is a subcategory within telemedicine providing specialist service by a dermatologist over a distance. Two modes of image and data transmission are commonly applied in teledermatology: store-and-forward systems (SAF) and real-time appli­cations (RT). Store and forward is a technique in which information is sent to a data storage unit to be retrieved anytime. In real-time/live interactive telemedicine, information is delivered simultaneously with little or no delay.

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  1. Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Elisabeth M. T. Wurm & H. Peter Soyer

  2. Centre for Online Health, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Anthony C. Smith

  3. Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, The University of Queensland Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

    Anthony C. Smith

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  1. , Princess Alexandra Hospital, The University of Queensland School of, 199 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, 4102, Queensland, Australia

    Hans Peter Soyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria

    Michael Binder

  3. Royal Children's Hospital, Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Corner of Bramston Terrace & Herston Road, Herston, 4029, Queensland, Australia

    Anthony C. Smith

  4. School of Medicine - Princess Alexandra, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Ipswich Road 199, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Elisabeth M.T. Wurm

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Wurm, E.M.T., Soyer, H.P., Smith, A.C. (2012). Introduction to Teledermatology. In: Soyer, H., Binder, M., Smith, A., Wurm, E. (eds) Telemedicine in Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20801-0_1

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