The Advanced Semiconductor Research Center (ASRC) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), an independent administrative institution, has developed in collaboration with the Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital (TMCH) and the Tsukuba City Fire Department (TCFD) under the Urban Area Tripartite (Industrial-Academic-Governmental) Collaboration Promotion Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), a system named "In-Ambulance Remote Image Acquisition System" which allows doctors sitting in the emergency ward to monitor images, both moving and still, of medical scenes within an ambulance rushing back to the hospital, through their own camera operation. The system is expected to contribute to upgrading lifesaving performance of the emergency medical service requiring prompt treatment.

