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Advancing Healthcare Through the Integration of Digital Twins Technology: Personalized Medicine’s Next Frontier

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The use of Digital Twin technology has been expanding rapidly, and projections indicate that it will continue to proliferate across various applications, use cases, and industries, including healthcare. In recent years, the healthcare sector has seen an acceleration in digital transformation. This fast-paced change offers both opportunities and risks, especially with emerging technologies like digital twins, which are relatively untested and still in the early stages of adoption in medical care. This paper aims to conduct a literature review to explore how digital twins facilitate intelligent automation in healthcare. It defines the concept, traces the technology’s evolution and development, reviews its key enabling technologies, and examines current trends and challenges. The paper also presents a range of application examples in personalized medicine and public health, concluding with a succinct discussion of the primary technical and ancillary challenges, as well as the ethical issues that arise when applying digital twin technology to human subjects.

Source: Future Internet

DOI: 10.3390/fi16120477

Authors: Sharmin Attaran, Mohsen Attaran

Institutions: Bryant University, California State University, Bakersfield

Language: English

Topic: Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,819