Development Report:
Remote Ultrasound Diagnostic System (RUDS)
Norihiro Koizumi*, Takehiko Tsurumi*, Takahiro Kato*,
Shin’ichi Warisawa*, Mitsuru Nagoshi**, Hiroyuki Hashizume***,
and Mamoru Mitsuishi*
*School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
**Nagoshi Orthopaedics, 229-2 Niwase, Okayama, Okayama 701-153, Japan
***Kasaoka Daiichi Hospital, 1945 Yokoshima, Kasaoka, Okayama 714-0043, Japan

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