Clinical trials and evaluation of a mobile, robotic tele-ultrasound system.
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2005-07-22
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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