Courreges Fabien, Vieyres Pierre, Istepanian Robert S H, Arbeille Philippe, Bru Conxita
Laboratory of Vision and Robotics, Université d'Orléans, France.
J Telemed Telecare. 2005;11 Suppl 1:46-9. doi: 10.1258/1357633054461552.
We have developed a robotic tele-ultrasound system (OTELO) that allows an expert to examine a distant patient by ultrasound. At the expert station, a sonographer controls a virtual probe. Movements are reproduced at the patient station, which may be several kilometres away, on a real probe held by a lightweight robot, which is positioned on the patient by a paramedic. Two medical teams tested the tele-ultrasound system at two different hospitals on a total of 52 patients. Except for some difficulties caused by particular conditions, the diagnosis obtained with the remote scanning system agreed in at least 80% of the cases with the diagnosis made by conventional scanning. The results demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the device.
我们开发了一种机器人远程超声系统（OTELO），该系统可让专家通过超声检查远处的患者。在专家站，超声检查人员控制一个虚拟探头。其动作会在患者站重现，患者站可能在几公里外，由一名护理人员将一个轻便机器人持有的真实探头放置在患者身上。两个医疗团队在两家不同医院对该远程超声系统进行了测试，共涉及52名患者。除了一些特殊情况造成的困难外，远程扫描系统获得的诊断结果与传统扫描诊断结果至少在80%的病例中一致。结果证明了该设备的可行性和有效性。
