Front Matter; Bioethics, technology and human dignity: the Roman Catholic viewpoint; Robotics and artificial intelligence: Jewish ethical perspectives; Ethics in the use of new medical technologies for neurosurgery: "Islamic viewpoint"; Shadow of Buddhism and Shintoism in neurosurgical practice in Japan; Current status of medical technology; Uncertainty in diffusion tensor based fibre tracking; Robotics in neurosurgery: which tools for what?; Computer- and robot-aided head surgery; Telecontrolled micromanipulator system (NeuRobot) for minimally invasive neurosurgery
Summary
Discusses ethical considerations regarding applications of technologies, as well as varying religious viewpoints concerning this topic. This work offers an overview on the state of medical technologies, which is followed by an example of a typical image processing problem. It also focuses on robotics applications