The TERESA project : from space research to ground tele-echography

• Published in: Industrial robot Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 77 - 82
• Main Authors: Vieyres, Pierre, Poisson, Gérard, Courrèges, Fabien, Mérigeaux, Olivier, Arbeille, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Legacy CDMS MCB UP Ltd 01.01.2003; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Aerospace Medicine; Aerospace Medicine - instrumentation; Aerospace Medicine - methods; Astronauts; Bandwidths; Communication; Consortia; Ergonomics; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Humans; Laboratories; Medicine; Physiology; Real time; Remote Consultation; Robotics; Robots; Safety; Space Flight - instrumentation; Space life sciences; Space stations; Telemedicine; Telemedicine - instrumentation; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography - instrumentation; Ultrasonography - methods; France; Space; Health care; Robotics

Ultrasound examinations represent one of the major diagnostic modalities of future healthcare. They are currently used to support medical space research but require a high skilled operator for both probe positioning on the patient's skin and image interpretation. TERESA is a tele-echography pro...