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Covers the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on all aspects of health care delivery.�
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Focuses on the key technologies in developing robotics for a wide range of medical rehabilitation activities, including neuroprosthesis applications of robotic exoskeletons and brain-controlled assistive robotics and prosthetics.�
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Addresses artificial intelligence, medical robotics in acute care medicine, and robots on the battlefield and in space travel.�
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Contains chapters on the economics of the robotic industry and the future of robots in medicine.�
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Ideal for physiatrists and PM&R residents and fellows; clinicians in orthopaedics, sports medicine, spinal cord injury, and occupational therapy; and specialists working with orthotics and prosthetics.�
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An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.�
Table of Contents
1 Introduction-The Growing Role of Robotics in Health Care2 How Robotics Will Affect the Practice of Medicine for Practitioners
3 How Robotics Will Affect the Experience of Health Care for Patients
4 Robot and Artificial Intelligence Companies Around the Globe
5 Medical Robotics in Acute Care Medicine (Urgent Care, Pain Management, and Robot-Assisted Surgery)
6 Robotics in Rehabilitation Medicine: Prosthetics, Exoskeletons, All Else in Rehabilitation Medicine
7 Neuroprosthesis Applications of Robotic Exoskeletons
8 Robots on the Battlefield and for Space Travel
9 The Economics of the Robotic Industry
10 Brain-Controlled Assistive Robotics and Prosthetics
11 Artificial Intelligence in Radiology
12 The Future of Robots in Medicine
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