On the importance of patient acceptance for medical robotic imaging.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Mutual acceptance is required for any human-to-human interaction. Therefore, one would assume that this also holds for robot-patient interactions. However, the medical robotic imaging field lacks research in the area of acceptance. This work, therefore, aims at analyzing the influence of robot-patient interactions on acceptance in an exemplary medical robotic imaging system.

Authors

  • Christine Eilers
    Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Garching Near Munich, Germany.
  • Rob van Kemenade
    Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 3, Garching near Munich, 85748, Germany.
  • Benjamin Busam
    Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
  • Nassir Navab
    Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality, TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.