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The Application of Robots in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 5292

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Kihan Park

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Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA
Interests: medical robotics; multi-scale robotics; breast cancer diagnositics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive review of research articles on state-of-the-art medical robotics and to highlight the various approaches to their clinical application in such areas as diagnosis and treatment. This issue presents the main challenges to medical robotics in terms of novel hardware design, dynaimics, control, sensors, imaging, and artificial intellignece for medical diagnosis and treatement, or any other adjacent topics.

Dr. Kihan Park
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • medical robotics
  • diagnosis
  • treatment
  • surgery
  • rehabilitation
  • prostheses
  • medical imaging
  • artificial intelligence
  • healthcare

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Novel Bathing Assist Device Decreases the Physical Burden on Caregivers and Difficulty of Bathing Activity in Care Recipients: A Pilot Study
by Kenji Kato, Keita Aimoto, Koki Kawamura, Tatsuya Yoshimi, Naoki Itoh and Izumi Kondo
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(19), 10131; https://doi.org/10.3390/app121910131 - 9 Oct 2022
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the use of a bathing assist device, “Bath Assist” (BA), could reduce the physical burden on caregivers providing bathing assistance and also alleviate the difficulty of bathing activities for care recipients. BA is a [...] Read more.
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the use of a bathing assist device, “Bath Assist” (BA), could reduce the physical burden on caregivers providing bathing assistance and also alleviate the difficulty of bathing activities for care recipients. BA is a robotic device that is attached to the bathtub. The seat can be raised and lowered using the water pressure from the shower tap. The four caregivers and four care recipients were paired one-to-one to simulate bathing activity, and the physical burden on each caregiver during bathing assistance was evaluated with and without the use of BA by observation, questionnaire, and wireless surface electromyography. For caregivers, BA transformed the task of assisting care recipients into and out of the bathtub into a monitoring activity. Additionally, the muscle activity of the caregivers’ lumbar region, trunk, and upper limbs, which are used to assist care recipients out of the bathtub, was significantly reduced when using BA. Questionnaires confirmed that the use of BA reduced the physical burden on caregivers. These results indicate that BA has the potential to reduce both the physical burden on caregivers during bathing assistance and the difficulties care recipients experience during bathing. Full article
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Light-Controlled Microbots in Biomedical Application: A Review
by Md Faiyaz Jamil, Mishal Pokharel and Kihan Park
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(21), 11013; https://doi.org/10.3390/app122111013 - 31 Oct 2022
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The advancement of micro-robotics in recent years has permitted a vast field of active research and application in the biomedical sector. Latest developments in microrobotics point to some ground-breaking work using light for manufacturing as well as actuation. Optical manipulation in three-dimensional space [...] Read more.
The advancement of micro-robotics in recent years has permitted a vast field of active research and application in the biomedical sector. Latest developments in microrobotics point to some ground-breaking work using light for manufacturing as well as actuation. Optical manipulation in three-dimensional space for living biological cells in a minimally invasive manner is crucial for different biomedical applications. This article attempts to provide an overview of the accomplishments and future possibilities of light-powered microbots. An overview of the feasibility of different fabrication techniques and control modalities is compared, along with prospective applications and design considerations of light-powered microbots. A variety of challenges that still prohibit polymeric light-powered microbots from attaining their full potential are pointed out, and viable ways to overcome such challenges are proposed. This study will help future researchers to study and develop the next generation of light-actuated microbots by overcoming the current limitations and challenges in fabrication, control, and design. Full article
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