Titanium robot enters the field of nuclear medicine, full monitoring without fear of radiation

Today, artificial intelligence has entered the field of medicine, "Dr. Watson" as a cancer treatment software, has been able to beat humans in the game, become an accurate "oncology expert consultant". Now, in the field of nuclear medicine nanobots become not afraid of radiation "super doctor", real-time monitoring of radiation therapy, medical, medical, health care personnel to receive radiation not only reduces the risk, but also improve patient care and safety.

In September this year, as the first batch of medical institutions in Shanghai to introduce and use the titanium metal measuring instrument robot, Renji Hospital took the lead in introducing the titanium metal measuring instrument robot in the field of nuclear medicine, which has been in operation for more than one month and achieved good results.

It is well known that radioactive iodine is used as a specific molecular targeting drug for thyroid cancer treatment, and radioactive iodine-131 is currently an important means of treating hyperthyroidism and residual lesions after thyroid cancer surgery. Radioactive iodine-131 can be absorbed by the residual thyroid cancer cells and release beta rays to irradiate the thyroid cancer to achieve the purpose of treatment. Since patients taking therapeutic doses of radioactive iodine-131 become a "radiation source", which can cause potential radiation hazards to the surrounding population and occupational healthcare workers, according to the clinical guidelines, when patients receive high doses of radioactive iodine-131 treatment, they must undergo radiation protection in a specific isolation ward within a certain period of time.

According to Liu Jianjun, director of the nuclear medicine department at Renji Hospital, in order to reduce the potential harm of radiation to medical staff, doctors and nurses in each ward should wear lead suits, and clinically, patients are usually given immediate medication within a week. General check-ups, doctors and nurses meet and answer questions with patients through surveillance video and intercom facilities, and daily observation of patients' vital signs is mainly done and reported by the patients themselves.

The first two days after taking the medication, the side effects are more severe, with discomfort such as nausea and vomiting, as well as laryngeal edema, respiratory distress, and even asphyxia. If the monitoring is not timely, it will increase the potential medical safety risks.

The titanium robot is an "Iron Man" that is not afraid of radiation. It not only brings more accurate service for radioactive patients, but also reduces the occupational injury of healthcare workers. The robots can fully implement the titanium meter treatment standard, and conduct a physical examination of all patients every 2 hours: each robot will automatically go to the isolation ward, and after confirming the patient's identity, it will automatically call out the patient's name through face recognition, including the monitoring of temperature, blood pressure, thyroid iodine uptake, and residual radiation vital signs, and other medical activities, which can significantly reduce the number of healthcare workers in the isolation ward, avoid unnecessary radiation, and improve medical safety.

The service robot in the nuclear medicine ward can also help nurses to complete the distribution of drugs and inform the method of medication. Nurses brush the face or badge authentication into the drug, determine the payment bed, each robot will automatically walk to the isolation ward, call out the patient's name, automatically verify the identity through face recognition and use voice recognition to open the box, hit the notice. Robots can enhance patient education in the treatment process, robots take the initiative to interact with patients, the boring and difficult to understand medical care knowledge into an animated scene of voice response, to achieve better educational results.

The robot can effectively help healthcare professionals and patients to conduct remote video to observe the location of patient tissues. Through real-time video interaction, doctors and nurses can communicate with patients at any time through the robot. The radiation environment of the ward is captured through the radiation detection equipment on the robot, and corresponding alarms can be generated upon request. The robot can turn on the dialog function for postoperative patient education and related issues of concern to patients.

According to Liu Jianjun, director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Renji Hospital, "the application of the titanium meter robot in the clinic not only improves patient care and safety, but also allows patients to feel that healthcare workers are always with them, reduces anxiety," resulting in isolation and loneliness, enhances the patient's sense of safety, and reduces the risk of healthcare workers receiving radiation It also reduces the risk of radiation exposure for healthcare workers, allowing them to monitor patients' vital signs in a safer environment. It is hoped that the ability to develop human-robot interaction will be further refined and improved in the future, allowing healthcare workers to increase their interaction with patients and further improve the patient experience."

In addition to nuclear medicine, titanium robots have many uses. At present, a number of medical robot products such as medical material transportation robots, nuclear medicine ward service robots, elderly escort service robots and other medical robotic products have been put into clinical applications in large hospitals such as Wuhan Union Hospital.

In the operating room, for example, the robot's software system through the titanium meter and the hospital warehouse HIS docking, can be realized between the two operating rooms and supplies, equipment and other items of the single-level warehouse and automatic distribution function, can effectively avoid the surgery in the waiting transport process forced to interrupt the situation, shorten the operation time, and optimize the use of high-value consumables in the operating room.