Presentation showing how robotic surgery, prostethic devices and expert systems work as diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

1. Diagnostic and therapeutic tools 3.3 Health

2. Robotic surgery

3. Surgery

8. Connection A designated fibre optic cable to ensure a safe and reliable connection, as well as minimal lag time. The estimated safe lag time for a remote surgery is estimated at 330milliseconds, however a designated fibre optic cable can deliver a 200millisecond lag time over a 14,000km round trip.

9. Prosthetic devices

10. Diagnostic software

13. EXPERT SYSTEMS A user interface - This is the system that allows a non-expert user to query (question) the expert system, and to receive advice. The user-interface is designed to be a simple to use as possible. A knowledge base - This is a collection of facts and rules. The knowledge base is created from information provided by human experts An inference engine - This acts rather like a search engine, examining the knowledge base for information that matches the user's query (If then rules)

14. Drugdevelopment and marketing

15. Diagnostic and therapeutic tools 3.3 Health