Medical and Healthcare Robotics
New Paradigms and Recent Advances
- 1st Edition - August 1, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Olfa Boubaker
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 6 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 4 6 1 - 1
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Request a sales quoteMedical 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
- Published: August 1, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 298
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443184604
- eBook ISBN: 9780443184611
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Olfa Boubaker
Pr. Olfa Boubaker is a full professor at the National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT) at the University of Carthage, Tunisia, where she specializes in control theory, nonlinear systems, and robotics. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the National Engineering School of Tunis and a Habilitation Universitaire in Control Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax. Professor Boubaker has led numerous research projects in sustainable development, including medical robotics and green energy. She has authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers and several books, and she is the founder/editor of the book series Medical Robots and Devices. Additionally, she serves as an associate editor for the journal Robotica and the International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, contributing to various scientific journals and mentoring numerous engineering graduates.
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Full Professor, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), University of Carthage, TunisiaRead Medical and Healthcare Robotics on ScienceDirect