ta and information that can be transmitted through and with different systems. A specific example of measuring effectiveness of technology is provided by the clinical evaluation of Parkinsonian tremor via a teleconsultation. If the patient were to be evaluated over a telemedicine connection that allowed for too few screens per second, the clinician could not appropriately evaluate the tremor, and this technology would be ineffective for this particular indication. One of the areas of improving technology that has had the greatest impact on the advancement of the quality of telemedicine is the use of digital imaging. Digital imaging is used in the capture of images for radiology consultation, the new radiograph systems use a digital capture system that allows the physician to obtain radiographs directly in a digital format which not only increases the quality of the images that are captured but also the quality of images that can be sent over the internet. In the past, radiographic images were captured on hard film and then would have to be digitally scanned and those images were transmitted. With the advent of direct digital imaging, those images can be viewed and sent simultaneously to other consultants that can view those images and manipulate them as necessary to
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