E-diagnostics

The term e-diagnostics was previously used by Information Technology experts to connote remote diagnosis, repair and maintenance of machinery by service personnel of manufacturing companies.
However, e-diagnostics could also be used in medical parlance as the development of medical diagnostic equipment into internet-linked devices by using Cloud Computing technology.
Large scientific equipment such as the CT-Scan, mass spectrometer and electron microscope could be made more efficient and cost effective by splitting them into two components.
The first component would be made available to the end-user while the second component which would be managed by Service Providers would run with Cloud Computing technology.
Service Providers would send texts, graphics, audio and video displays of analytical results to the end-user via the World Wide Web.
This set-up would allow easy mobility of equipment and universal accessibility of analytical techniques to remote locations. The framework explained about would transform conventional laboratories into an internet-interactive e-lab. Many analytical devices might evolve into ubiquitous Do-It-Yourself test kits.

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