Robotics, Imaging, and Navigation Sensors for Medical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

With the recent advancements in artificial intelligence and measurement technologies, the use of optical and motion sensors has become prolific in the field of medicine. Sensors such as inertial measurement units are now available in extremely miniaturized form, thus finding their use in numerous applications such as wellness equipment, human respiration rate measurement, and accident detection. Robotics and imaging data are used not only to aid medical surgery, but also to aid in reducing post-surgery discomfort for patients. Global navigation satellite systems, often in conjunction with other motion trackers, can help quantify exercise (e.g. cycling and running) and provide fitness feedback.

This special issue aims to illustrate the recent advances in the use of robotics, vision, and navigation modalities in various medical applications including medical diagnosis, injury prevention, medical equipment, fitness monitoring, etc.

We invite authors to contribute high quality research articles, survey/review articles, and detailed papers describing novel applications.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Development of medical instruments using optical and motion sensors
• Processing of ultrasound, X-ray, PET, MRI, and CT images
• Gait analysis, rehabilitation assessment, and human motion capture
• Data fusion for biomechanics, orthopedics, and medical diagnoses
• Computer assisted surgery
• Fall detection and home care
• Exoskeletons
• Wearables for activity tracking (e.g. IMU, GNSS, Wi-Fi, UWB, etc.)
• Sports performance enhancement and injury prevention
• Error modelling and calibration of sensors (e.g. laser systems, 3D cameras, IMU, etc.)
• Computer vision and machine learning for medical image analysis
• Advanced numerical estimation/optimization methods

Dr. Jacky C.K. Chow
Dr. Anup Dhital
Dr. David Belton
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Biomedical Imaging
• Medical Robotics
• Photogrammetry
• Computer Vision
• Inertial Measurement Units
• Accelerometers
• Gyroscopes
• Magnetometers
• Navigation
• SLAM
• Machine Learning
• Imaging Processing
• Data Fusion
• Motion Tracking
• Gait Analysis