Otorob (Ortho Robot) with Docmata (Doctor´s Eye): Role of Remote Presence in Developing Countries

Author

Iftikhar, Mohsin ; Mariappan, Muralindran

Author_Institution

Sch. of Med., Univ. Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

fYear

2009

fDate

20-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

56

Abstract

Mobile robots are expensive for developing countries and their utilization are general in the field of medicine, from neurosurgery to intensive care units. Our ongoing project "OTOROB" is more specific for orthopedic surgeons with special consideration on its cost effectiveness. Data analysis of our survey, during the first phase helped us to find requirements of orthopaedic surgeons to make it more specific. The new concept of VIrtual Presence (VIP) Specialist Clinics and Roboscope are described. The inevitability & rationalization of the integrated tools are discussed in second phase of our ongoing project.

Keywords

eye; medical robotics; mobile robots; orthopaedics; Docmata; OTOROB; developing country; doctor eye; intensive care unit; mobile robot; neurosurgery; ortho robot; orthopedic surgeon; remote presence; specialist clinic; virtual presence; Biological tissues; Costs; Data analysis; Hospitals; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Orthopedic surgery; Telemedicine; Wounds; X-rays; Medical robots; Mobile robots; Remote presence; Telemedicine; Virtual presence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advances in Human-oriented and Personalized Mechanisms, Technologies, and Services, 2009. CENTRIC '09. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Porto

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4781-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3776-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CENTRIC.2009.14

Filename

5291021