| Abstract: |
In tandem with the ever-increasing global population, the demand for diagnostic radiology service provision is on the rise and at a disproportionate rate compared to the number of radiologists available to practice. The current "revolution in robotics" promises to alleviate personnel shortages in many sectors of industry, including medicine. Despite negative depictions of robots in popular culture, their multiple potential benefits cannot be overlooked, in particular when it comes to health service provision. The type of robots used for interventional procedures are largely robotic-assistance devices, such as the Da Vinci surgical robot. Advances have also been made with regards to robots for image-guided percutaneous needle placement, which have demonstrated superior accuracy compared to manual methods. It is likely that artificial intelligence will come to play a key role in the field of robotics and will result in an increase in the levels of robotic autonomy attainable. However, this concept is not without ethical and legal considerations, most notably who is responsible should an error occur; the physician, the robot manufacturer, software engineers, or the robot itself? Efforts have been made to legislate in order to protect against the potentially harmful effects of unexplainable "black-box" decision outputs of artificial intelligence systems. In order to be accepted by patients, studies have shown that the perceived level of trustworthiness and predictability of robots is crucial. Ultimately, effective, widespread implementation of medical robotic systems will be contingent on developers remaining cognizant of factors that increase human acceptance, as well as ensuring compliance with regulations. La demande de services de radiologie diagnostique s'accro & icirc;t de concert avec la population mondiale; en outre, elle augmente & agrave; un rythme disproportionn & eacute; par rapport au nombre de radiologistes en exercice. La << r & eacute;volution robotique >> actuelle promet de pallier les p & eacute;nuries de personnel dans de nombreux secteurs, y compris la m & eacute;decine. En d & eacute;pit de l'image n & eacute;gative des robots dans la culture populaire, leurs multiples avantages potentiels ne peuvent & ecirc;tre n & eacute;glig & eacute;s, en particulier en ce qui concerne la prestation de services de sant & eacute;. Les robots utilis & eacute;s dans le cadre de proc & eacute;dures interventionnelles sont principalement des dispositifs d'assistance robotique, tels que le robot chirurgical Da Vinci. Des progr & egrave;s ont & eacute;galement & eacute;t & eacute; r & eacute;alis & eacute;s en ce qui concerne les robots destin & eacute;s & agrave; la pose d'aiguille percutan & eacute;e guid & eacute;e par imagerie, qui ont d & eacute;montr & eacute; une pr & eacute;cision sup & eacute;rieure aux m & eacute;thodes manuelles. Il est probable que l'intelligence artificielle jouera un r & ocirc;le cl & eacute; dans le domaine de la robotique et entra & icirc;nera une augmentation des degr & eacute;s d'autonomie des robots. Toutefois, ce concept n'est pas exempt de consid & eacute;rations & eacute;thiques et juridiques, notamment en ce qui concerne l'entit & eacute; d & eacute;tenant la responsabilit & eacute; en cas d'erreur : le m & eacute;decin, le fabricant du robot, les ing & eacute;nieurs logiciels ou le robot lui-m & ecirc;me? Des travaux en vue de l & eacute;gif & eacute;rer une protection contre les effets potentiellement n & eacute;fastes des d & eacute;cisions inexplicables, dites << black-box >>, prises par les syst & egrave;mes d'intelligence artificielle ont & eacute;t & eacute; entrepris. Des & eacute;tudes ont montr & eacute; que le degr & eacute; de confiance et de pr & eacute;visibilit & eacute; qu'inspirent les robots est crucial si l'on veut que ces derniers soient accept & eacute;s par les patients. En fin de compte, la mise en oe uvre efficace et g & eacute;n & eacute;ralis & eacute;e des syst & egrave;mes robotiques m & eacute;dicaux d & eacute;pendra de la capacit & eacute; des concept |
