AI for rheumatoid arthritis
The project is a branch of the automated ultrasound scanning robot RoPCA, which will ensure a systematic and uniform method to perform ultrasound scans, thereby ensuring physicians the best possible starting point for the determination of treatment. Such systematic scanning is not possible today due to inaccuracy in human performance.
Project period
Start: 2017
Aim
The project aims to develop a robot system for early detection and monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
RU will address scanning of the patient by a new approach in medical automation. The project will use Programming by Demonstration (PbD) to programme the scanning motion of the robot. By using PbD to encode the scanning motion of the ultrasound probe RU will be able to transfer the scanning skills from the highly trained physicians to the automatic solution.
Participants
- The Department of Internal Medicine and Acute Medicine at OUH Svendborg.
- The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU.
Funding
The project is anchored in the company RoPCA Holding Aps. Read more about the ultrasound scanning robot on their website.
Søren Andreas Just
Chief Physician
Department of Medicine, Svendborg
(+45) 63 20 25 06 soeren.andreas.just@rsyd.dk
Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu
Professor
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute
(+45) 24 40 95 45 trs@mmmi.sdu.dk