A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare
A lesson learned during the pandemic is that social distancing saves lives. As it was shown recently, the healthcare industry is structured in a way that cannot protect medical staff from possible infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. Today’s healthcare services seem anachronistic and not convenien...
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| author | Georgios M. Minopoulos Vasileios A. Memos Konstantinos D. Stergiou Christos L. Stergiou Konstantinos E. Psannis |
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| description | A lesson learned during the pandemic is that social distancing saves lives. As it was shown recently, the healthcare industry is structured in a way that cannot protect medical staff from possible infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. Today’s healthcare services seem anachronistic and not convenient for both doctors and patients. Although there have been several advances in recent years, especially in developed countries, the need for a holistic change is imperative. Evidently, future technologies should be introduced in the health sector, where Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Tactile Internet can have vast applications. Thus, the healthcare industry could take advantage of the great evolution of pervasive computing. In this paper, we point out the challenges from the current visualization techniques and present a novel visualization technique assisted with haptics which is enhanced with artificial intelligent algorithms in order to offer remote patient examination and treatment through robotics. Such an approach provides a more detailed method of medical image data visualization and eliminates the possibility of diseases spreading, while reducing the workload of the medical staff. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9704e15333e476ca40e1f382fb04eef2023-11-17T09:23:58ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-03-01136359210.3390/app13063592A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and HealthcareGeorgios M. Minopoulos0Vasileios A. Memos1Konstantinos D. Stergiou2Christos L. Stergiou3Konstantinos E. Psannis4Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, 54636 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, 54636 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, 54636 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, 54636 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, 54636 Thessaloniki, GreeceA lesson learned during the pandemic is that social distancing saves lives. As it was shown recently, the healthcare industry is structured in a way that cannot protect medical staff from possible infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. Today’s healthcare services seem anachronistic and not convenient for both doctors and patients. Although there have been several advances in recent years, especially in developed countries, the need for a holistic change is imperative. Evidently, future technologies should be introduced in the health sector, where Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Tactile Internet can have vast applications. Thus, the healthcare industry could take advantage of the great evolution of pervasive computing. In this paper, we point out the challenges from the current visualization techniques and present a novel visualization technique assisted with haptics which is enhanced with artificial intelligent algorithms in order to offer remote patient examination and treatment through robotics. Such an approach provides a more detailed method of medical image data visualization and eliminates the possibility of diseases spreading, while reducing the workload of the medical staff.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/35925Gartificial intelligenceaugmented realityhapticstactile internetvirtual reality |
| spellingShingle | Georgios M. Minopoulos Vasileios A. Memos Konstantinos D. Stergiou Christos L. Stergiou Konstantinos E. Psannis A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare Applied Sciences 5G artificial intelligence augmented reality haptics tactile internet virtual reality |
| title | A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare |
| title_full | A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare |
| title_fullStr | A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare |
| title_short | A Medical Image Visualization Technique Assisted with AI-Based Haptic Feedback for Robotic Surgery and Healthcare |
| title_sort | medical image visualization technique assisted with ai based haptic feedback for robotic surgery and healthcare |
| topic | 5G artificial intelligence augmented reality haptics tactile internet virtual reality |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/6/3592 |
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