[February 20, 2006] NTT to conduct Japan-U.S. test on fetal telemedicine technology+ Tweet (Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, Feb. 20_(Kyodo) _ Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Monday it will test the feasibility of transmitting digitalized medical images of fetuses between Japan and the United States, using its ultrahigh-speed experimental network. Although prenatal treatment is increasingly significant, the number of fetal medicine specialists in Japan is still small, compared with European countries, the United States and Canada, and pregnant women with diseased fetuses are occasionally unable to receive adequate prenatal care and management, NTT said, explaining the background of the experiment. The experiment, which will be conducted from March 1 this year to March 31, 2007, will evaluate the transmission of three-dimensional ultrasound scanner videos and endoscopic images, among others. Participants in the experiment include the National Center for Child Health and Development in Tokyo and the Fetal Treatment Center at the University of California at San Francisco. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]