Robotics for Intervention in Healthcare: From Technology to Clinical Practice

by Elsevier Science

Overview

Robotics for Intervention in Healthcare: From Technology to Clinical Practice bridges the gap between deep-core robotic intervention technology and clinical aspects including the physicians and the clinicians working and gives insight in the importance of connectivity at early stage but especially address which aspects are important to speed up the innovation chain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443215230
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/01/2026
Series:	Medical Robots and Devices: New Developments and Advances
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Françoise Siepel is Assistant Professor / Technical Physician in the field of Robotics in healthcare, and joined the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Twente, The Netherlands in 2016. It is her passion to innovate and integrate sophisticated robotic and imaging technologies in minimal invasive interventions. On a higher level she is keen on boosting robotics in healthcare innovation across Europe to establish sustainable, scalable, and high-quality robotic solutions. She obtained her PhD in 3 years, received many personal awards, and has extensive international experience. She is coordinating DIH-HERO, an initiative to establish an independent platform which connects digital innovation hubs across Europe to create a sustainable network to boost robotics in healthcare and coordinates the healthcare roadmap activities within euRobotics.

Table of Contents

Part 1. Clinical
1. Continuum of healthcare
2. Use cases
3. Current status clinical needs: experts’ opinions

Part 2. Technical: From diagnosis to robotic intervention
4. Adequate imaging: diagnostics and navigation
5. Perception
6. Planning and Navigation: calibration and registration
7. Control: physician in the loop
8. System development & mechatronics
9. Human machine interface

Part 3. Innovation & deployment
10. Patient-specific approaches
11. Market: robots along the innovation chain
12. Market adoption and deployment: challenges, ethical dilemmas and other barriers
13. Future perspectives

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From the Publisher

An overview and insights into the high potential paths and the combination of sub-technologies necessary to accelerate the development of robotics