Medical and Healthcare Robotics
New Paradigms and Recent Advances
- 1st Edition - August 1, 2023
- Latest edition
- Editor: Olfa Boubaker
- Language: English
Medical and Healthcare Robotics: New Paradigms and Recent Advances provides an overview and exclusive insights into current trends, the most recent innovations, and concerns… Read more
Medical and Healthcare Robotics: New Paradigms and Recent Advances provides an overview and exclusive insights into current trends, the most recent innovations, and concerns in medical robotics. The book covers the major areas of medical robotics, including rehabilitation devices, artificial organs, assistive technologies, service robotics, and robotic devices for surgery, exploration, diagnosis, therapy, and training. It highlights the limitations and the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence for medical and healthcare applications.
The book is a timely and comprehensive reference guide for undergraduate-level students, graduate students, and researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, control systems engineering, and biomedical engineering. It can be useful for master’s programs, leading consultants, and industrial companies. The book can be of high interest for physicians and physiotherapists and all technical people in the medical and biomedical fields.
- Covers the main areas of medical and healthcare robotics
- Presents the most recent innovations and trends in medical and healthcare robotics
- Contains chapters written by eminent researchers in the field
Graduate-level students, practitioners, and researchers in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering, control systems engineering, imaging, and computer sciences engineering
1. Assistive robotic technologies: An overview of recent advances in medical applications
2. Soft Robotics in Medical Applications: State-of-the-art, Challenges and Recent Advances
3. Rehabilitation Robotics: History, Applications, and Recent Advances
4. Gait Devices for Stroke Rehabilitation: State-of-the art, Challenges, and Open Issues
5. Robotic Device for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: A Review
6. Failure of Total Hip Arthroplasty: State of the Art
7. Artificial Intelligence in Robot-Assisted Surgery: Applications on Surgical Skills Assessment and Transfer
8. A Virtual-based Haptic Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Training System: From Development to Validation
9. Medical and Healthcare Robots in India
10. Trend of Implementation of Service Robots in Medical Institutions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A review
11. Conclusions and Perspectives
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2023
- Language: English
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Olfa Boubaker
Olfa Boubaker is a Full Professor at the National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT) at the University of Carthage, Tunisia. Her research spans control theory, nonlinear systems, and robotics, with a focus on healthcare applications and human-centered technologies. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT) and Habilitation Universitaire degree in Control Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), in Tunisia. Professor Boubaker leads interdisciplinary research projects at the interface of medicine and technology and serves as Series Editor of Medical Robots and Devices: New Developments and Advances. She has authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers and several books, and is an Associate Editor for Robotica and the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. She also contributes to various scientific journals and mentors numerous engineering graduates.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), University of Carthage, TunisiaRead Medical and Healthcare Robotics on ScienceDirect