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Healthcare Applications Using Biomedical AI System
Published in Saravanan Krishnan, Ramesh Kesavan, B. Surendiran, G. S. Mahalakshmi, Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
S. Shyni Carmel Mary, S. Sasikala
Pharmacy automation handles pharmacy distribution and inventory management and also involves pharmacy tasks such as counting small objects, measuring the liquids for compounding, etc. A companion robot emotionally engages and provides a company to the users and alert the users if there is any problem with their health. A disinfection robot acts as an agent that resists the bacterial spores in the place or room rather killing the microorganisms.
Developing an international research of health-care ICT applied for rehabilitation and daily living support between Japan and the Netherlands
Published in Assistive Technology, 2022
Peter Bontje, Robbert Kruijne, Margriet Pol, Kaoru Inoue, Ryuji Kobayashi, Yuko Ito, Margo Van Hartingsveldt
Illustrations of health-care ICT are sensor technology and social robots. An example of the use of sensor technology, in the Netherlands, is a rehabilitation intervention based on coaching and sensor monitoring (Pol et al., 2017) using both wearable (physical activity monitor, PAM) and wireless sensor networks (ambient sensors) placed in the patient’s home. An example from Japan, is a long-term monitoring by professionals of elderly individuals’ health and personal safety, similarly using ambient sensors placed in the patient’s home but in combination with questionnaires (Katou, Shougenji, Asakawa, Uemura, & Yamamura, 2018). Social robotics is also being introduced in both countries to provide cognitive, emotional and practical support to users through communication. Pepper, a humanoid robot that can read emotions, is used as a companion or monitoring robot. Papero, a personal robot that features facial recognition, is used as a monitoring robot. An example of a companion robot is the baby harp seal called Paro, which is designed to provide peace and comfort to, for example, people with dementia.