Comments on: New Robots with Whiskers- Cut Off Their Hands http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/05/new-robots-with-whiskers-next-cut-of-their-hands/ transforming medicine with tomorrow’s technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: FutureSurgery - Alternate Visualization for Endoscopy- Part 1 » docinthemachine http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/05/new-robots-with-whiskers-next-cut-of-their-hands/#comment-366 FutureSurgery - Alternate Visualization for Endoscopy- Part 1 » docinthemachine Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:30:32 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/05/new-robots-with-whiskers-next-cut-of-their-hands/#comment-366 [...] Prediction 1: Alternative Visualization: This will be the first radical transformation of surgery.  I predict a major revolution in endoscopic surgery will be what I call alternate visualization systems.  The concept is to develop scopes that can see beyond what our native eyes can see.  When this is achieved the scope becomes not just an extension of our human abilities and senses but augments our native abilities — enabling new and unimagined procedures.   One example of this is the autofluorescent laparoscope I used for my recently reported research on endometriosis.  Previously used in the lung, I figured out a way to use this system in the pelvis where it allowed the visualization of otherwise invisible endometriosis disease.  Until now the scopes just gave us ordinary vision through a tiny incision.  For the first time the scope technology now sees more than what the human eye can see by itself.  Today surgeons are so excited by the introduction of robots into the OR but these are simply extensions of human hands.  Alternative visualization is the first step along the path that will lead to technology and robots with non-human or superhuman abilities. [...] […] Prediction 1: Alternative Visualization: This will be the first radical transformation of surgery.  I predict a major revolution in endoscopic surgery will be what I call alternate visualization systems.  The concept is to develop scopes that can see beyond what our native eyes can see.  When this is achieved the scope becomes not just an extension of our human abilities and senses but augments our native abilities — enabling new and unimagined procedures.   One example of this is the autofluorescent laparoscope I used for my recently reported research on endometriosis.  Previously used in the lung, I figured out a way to use this system in the pelvis where it allowed the visualization of otherwise invisible endometriosis disease.  Until now the scopes just gave us ordinary vision through a tiny incision.  For the first time the scope technology now sees more than what the human eye can see by itself.  Today surgeons are so excited by the introduction of robots into the OR but these are simply extensions of human hands.  Alternative visualization is the first step along the path that will lead to technology and robots with non-human or superhuman abilities. […]

]]> By: RDoctor http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/05/new-robots-with-whiskers-next-cut-of-their-hands/#comment-94 RDoctor Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:41:29 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/05/new-robots-with-whiskers-next-cut-of-their-hands/#comment-94 So, how soon the robot doctors will be the commonplace ting. And acualy do you think there will be a day , when a robot-surgeon could perform an operation without human interacton, just based on it's own AI program? How much would you think it will cost? So, how soon the robot doctors will be the commonplace ting. And acualy do you think there will be a day , when a robot-surgeon could perform an operation without human interacton, just based on it’s own AI program?

How much would you think it will cost?

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