Tethered digital photography with built in Wi-Fi memory cards brings benefits to the environment of an autopsy room
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.4323/rjlm.2015.293 |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | forensic pathology; autopsy; photography; photo-documentation; tethered photography; wireless fidelity |
| Description | Forensic pathologists ought to take photographs of all important external and internal findings revealed at autopsy. Tethered photography offers a sophisticated strategy for direct visualization of captured images in an autopsy room, either wired or wirelessly, on larger screens (e.g., smartphones, tablets, monitors). It involves transmitting captured images from a digital camera to a computer or a mobile device, where the image files are saved to a hard drive and displayed on the device’s screen. We present a simple technique for tethered photography suitable for an autopsy room environment based on using memory cards that can create an ad hoc Wi-Fi network to which a preferred screen device can be then connected. Wireless transfer of image files according to their size showed delays of seconds. The maximum distance between a camera and a selected device for effective transmission of the image files was established as 20 meters. |
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