Feasibility of Intercity and Trans-Atlantic Telerobotic Remote Ultrasound Assessment Facilitated by a Nondedicated Bandwidth Connection
- Sengupta, Partho P.
- Narula, Nupoor
- Modesto, Karen
- Doukky, Rami
- Doherty, Sarah
- Soble, Jeffery
- Narula, Jagat
DOIAbstract
AbstractWe discuss the concept of ultrasound imaging at a distance by presenting the evaluation of a customized, lightweight, human-safe robotic arm for low-force, long-distance, telerobotic ultrasonography. We undertook intercity and trans-Atlantic telerobotic ultrasound simulation from master stations located in New York, New York and Munich, Germany, and imaged a phantom and a human volunteer located at a slave station in Burlington, Massachusetts, using standard Internet bandwidth <100 Mbps and <50 Mbps, respectively. The data from the robotic arm were tracked for understanding the time efficiency of the human interactions at the master stations. Comparison of a beginner in ultrasound operation with a professional sonographer revealed t...
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