On the importance of patient acceptance for medical robotic imaging.

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.

Methods

We designed an interactive human-robot scenario, including auditive and gestural cues, and compared this pipeline to a non-interactive scenario. Both scenarios were evaluated through a questionnaire to measure acceptance. Heart rate monitoring was also used to measure stress. The impact of the interaction was quantified in the use case of robotic ultrasound scanning of the neck.

Result

SUBMITTER: Eilers C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10329571 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature