Robot Imager Tracks Moving Patients
From: Medical Device Link - March 2006, page 43
By: Heather Thompson

Engineers at the University of Florida (Gainesville) have designed a robot
that can follow orthopedic patients and could one day take x-ray video. The
robot can keep up with patients as they walk, climb stairs, stand up, and
pursue other normal activities.  

The device is meant to augment static images of patients bones, muscles, and
joints. Scott Banks, who created the robot, says he hopes that by merging the
full-motion x-rays with computerized representations, orthopedic surgeons
will be able to make better diagnoses, suggest more appropriate treatments,
and get a clearer idea of postoperative successes and failures.  

Read the entire article at:
http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/archive/06/03/030.html

Caption:
Engineering student J.D. Yamokoski wears an LED-lit patch that the robot,
built by Scott Banks (right), follows to take x-ray video. 

Links:
A robot for Orthopaedics to take X-ray videos
http://www.digi-help.com/pub/robot-orthopaedics-x-ray.asp

Joint Project
http://www.biomotion.org/trend.html

For orthopedic injuries, a robot that follows patients as they move
http://news.ufl.edu/2006/01/19/joint-image/

Scott Banks
http://www.mae.ufl.edu/facultylist/ShowData.php?ID=81
banks@ufl.edu
352/392-6109

