5G Use in Healthcare: The Future is Present

Γεωργίου, Κωνσταντίνος; Georgiou, Evangelos; Satava, Richard M.

doi:10.4293/jsls.2021.00064

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“…With network reliability and improvement in latency, realizing the promises of remote ultrasound examination that have been present since the first remote ultrasonic robot system (i.e., the TER system) was reported in 2003 ( 40 ). Data streams can more effectively meet the encoding requirements for conveying ultrasound images and videos than the transmission carrying capacity of traditional 4G networks ( 41 ). Therefore, no noticeable delay occurred during scanning, and each examination was completed rapidly and almost in real time.…”

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Successful Use of a 5G-Based Robot-Assisted Remote Ultrasound System in a Care Center for Disabled Patients in Rural China

Chai

Xiong

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundDisability has become a global population health challenge. Due to difficulties in self-care or independent living, patients with disability mainly live in community-based care centers or institutions for long-term care. Nonetheless, these settings often lack basic medical resources, such as ultrasonography. Thus, remote ultrasonic robot technology for clinical applications across wide regions is imperative. To date, few experiences of remote diagnostic systems in rural care centers have been reported.ObjectiveTo assess the feasibility of a fifth-generation cellular technology (5G)-based robot-assisted remote ultrasound system in a care center for disabled patients in rural China.MethodsPatients underwent remote robot-assisted and bedside ultrasound examinations of the liver, gallbladder, spleen, and kidneys. We compared the diagnostic consistency and differences between the two modalities and evaluated the examination duration, image quality, and safety.ResultsForty-nine patients were included (21 men; mean age: 61.0 ± 19.0 [range: 19–91] years). Thirty-nine and ten had positive and negative results, respectively; 67 lesions were detected. Comparing the methods, 41 and 8 patients had consistent and inconsistent diagnoses, respectively. The McNemar and kappa values were 0.727 and 0.601, respectively. The mean duration of remote and bedside examinations was 12.2 ± 4.5 (range: 5–26) min and 7.5 ± 1.8 (range: 5–13) min (p < 0.001), respectively. The median image score for original images on the patient side and transmitted images on the doctor side was 5 points (interquartile range: [IQR]: 4.7–5.0) and 4.7 points (IQR: 4.5–5.0) (p = 0.176), respectively. No obvious complications from the examination were reported.ConclusionsA 5G-based robot-assisted remote ultrasound system is feasible and has comparable diagnostic efficiency to traditional bedside ultrasound. This system may provide a unique solution for basic ultrasound diagnostic services in primary healthcare settings.

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Successful Use of a 5G-Based Robot-Assisted Remote Ultrasound System in a Care Center for Disabled Patients in Rural China

Chai

Xiong

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Using a smartphone over 5G technology, patients with chronic pulmonary disease were monitored at their home location [16] [17].…”

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6G Driven Fast Computational Networking Framework for Healthcare Applications

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New Sixth-generation (6G) networks rely heavily on the Intelligence Internet of Things (IIoT) to store and process data more efficiently. 6G is desired to offer ultra-low latency, high bandwidth, and improvised quality of service that can effectively handle the communication among the nodes. All the healthcare facilities must be outfitted with cutting-edge technology to assist the individual with intelligent diagnosis, patient-centric treatment, and a range of other healthcare services both in the hospital and remotely. To make the system ready and adaptable to the technology and provide services to divergent applications ranging from robotic surgeries to remote monitoring of the patients through wearable technologies in an Ambient Assistive Living (AAL) environment over the intelligent networking platform. Various networking nodes and terminal devices provide the services for applications in the healthcare domain, which needs a backbone framework to deliberate the time-intensive services. This paper proposes a reference layered communication framework for the nodes and devices in real-time communication. The feature perspective aspects of 6G technology present the futuristic healthcare application for effective treatment and smart integration of services.

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“…This criterion has been mostly addressed by the introduction of 5G technology. 5G technology has been widely applied in the field of telemedicine ( 41 ). Since 2020, several remote laparoscopic experimental procedures utilizing the 5G wireless network have been performed successfully with an average delay of only 264 ms, with no surgical complications or prolonged operation time ( 42 ).…”

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Gastroenterology in the Metaverse: The dawn of a new era?

Zhang

Feng²,

He³

et al. 2022

Front. Med.

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2021 is known as the first Year of the Metaverse, and around the world, internet giants are eager to devote themselves to it. In this review, we will introduce the concept, current development, and application of the Metaverse and the use of the current basic technologies in the medical field, such as virtual reality and telemedicine. We also probe into the new model of gastroenterology in the future era of the Metaverse.

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5G Use in Healthcare: The Future is Present

Cited by 44 publications

References 62 publications

Successful Use of a 5G-Based Robot-Assisted Remote Ultrasound System in a Care Center for Disabled Patients in Rural China

Successful Use of a 5G-Based Robot-Assisted Remote Ultrasound System in a Care Center for Disabled Patients in Rural China

6G Driven Fast Computational Networking Framework for Healthcare Applications

Gastroenterology in the Metaverse: The dawn of a new era?

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