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Physicians test telecommunications tec
By Heather R. Rosenfeld
The Battalion
Physicians from Texas A&M University’s
Health Science Center and the Scott &
White Memorial Hospital in Temple teamed
up Thursday morning to consult with physi
cians in Mexico City using a high-resolution
satellite video link.
Dennis Myers, associate professor in the
College of Medicine and administrative di
rector of the research and education depart
ment at Scott & White, said the conference
is a unique experience.
“We are very excited about doing this,”
Myers said. “Typically, this type of confer
ence would be held in an auditorium, but
now we have the amazing ability to do this
(via the technology).”
Myers said the primary purpose for the meet
ing was to see if images such as slides could be
transmitted successfully with the technology.
“We knew that we could consult as talking
heads on a TV screen,” Myers said. “What we
wanted to find out was if the equipment could
handle microscopic and similar images.”
Janice Mauren, public relations official
for the College of Medicine, said this method
of communication is not fully developed.
“I can see the big picture [and] we are en
tering the embryonic stages of this technolo
gy,” Mauren said. “In 20 years, we will look
back at conferences like these and it will
look the way black-and-white TV looks to us
now. I think there is a lot of potential we
haven’t tapped into yet.”
Ron Rodgers, Radio and TV technician,
said although the technonlgy can be practical
ly applied, the visual aspect still requres some
improvement.
“The information is first sent through
special telephone lines, but there is too
much information even for those lines, so it
has to be condensed,” Rodgers said. “You
don’t see every frame of movement; there
fore, at times the movement that is seen
might appear a little jerky.”
Mauren said videoconferencing allows
■
physicians to consult with one anofe.
ly in a situation typically requiringtn:
“The potential for this is importan:.
ciallyl being able to go across thekl
Mauren said. “The doctors have access (
is going on medically in both countries
Brent Michener, a senior biomed::
ence major, said patients are the:,,
beneficiaries of videoconferencing.
“Technological advancement is»
improving medicine to give thebei
possible to the patients; this is just
the many examples,” Michener saic
best for the patients because youw
more doctors in a certain kind of sc
to be able to look at them.”
Scott Poole, a communication tech
professor in the speech communicatl
partment, said doctors will also bench
the technology.
“Physicians will be able toleambyi
ing the actions of specialists,” Pooler
See Technolog)>
Easterwood Airport improvements will be made over 20 yec
By Ann Marie Hauser
The Battalion
The initiation of improve
ments at Easterwood Airport
was approved Thursday at the
Texas A&M Board of Regents’
meeting in Stephenville.
The first phase of the 20-year
master plan consists of high-pri
ority items and will take about
five years to complete.
Harry Raisor, director of avi
ation at Easterwood, empha
sized the large amount of ser
vice the airport provides for the
Brazos Valley.
“[Nearly $26 million] a year
goes to serving the Brazos Val
ley,” Raisor said. “You’ve got to
continually maintain everything
and keep everything going.”
The process of improvement
will undergo several phases before
the actual construction begins.
Dr. Jerry Gaston, interim
vice president of finance and
administration, oversees air
port operations and said there
is good and bad news with the
future improvements.
“The bad news is that we
need to improve some things,
but not as much as one might
think,” Gaston said. “The good
news is that we will continue to
have a first-class airport.”
The federal government pro
vides funding for the improve
ments through the Airport Im
provement Program (AIP).
Through the AIP, $350,000 to
$500,000 per year is allotted for cap
ital improvements to the airport.
Thurman Whitworth, air traf
fic manager of Easterwood, said
the construction of the north-
south taxiway will make it easi
er for air traffic control.
“The new runway will expe
dite the flow of traffic,” Whit
worth said. “Hlots will be grate
ful for the new taxiway to get
them off the runway.”
Matt Grunenwald, president
of the Texas A&M Flying Club,
said he will not mind the con
struction because he thinks
the new changes will enhance
the airport.
“The improvements will benefit
everyone that operates out of the
airport,” Grunenwald said. “I be
lieve the Texas A&M Flying Club
will support the improvements.”
Raisor said 85,000 people a
Regents approved a 20-year master plan to improve EasterwoodAii
year travel through Easterwood
Airport and improvements are
constantly being made.
Whitworth said, as an air traffic
controller, it will be more conve
nient when directing heavy traffic.
“It will be a nice thing for us
to have and makes it easier for
us to man our job up in the tow
er,” Whitworth said.
Runways and taxiways are
areas slated for improvement:
north-south taxiway ontbf
side of the airport.
* The application ofa
coat to the east-west runwa^
taxiway to preserve existif
phaltic concrete.
% The construction of:
(widening of turns) onap
of the Foxtrot taxiway.
• New high-intensity rt
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