Digital Twins for Healthcare: Design, Challenges and Solutions

Authored by Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, this book establishes the state-of-the-art in the specification, design, creation, deployment, and exploitation of digital twins’ technologies for healthcare and wellbeing. A digital twin is a digital replication of a living or non-living physical entity, bridging the physical and virtual worlds and allowing the virtual entity to exist simultaneously with the physical entity.

A digital twin facilitates the means to understand, monitor, and optimize the functions of the physical entity, providing continuous feedback. It can be used to improve citizens’ quality of life and wellbeing in smart cities and the virtualization of industrial processes.

Fundamentals of Digital Twin Technology in Healthcare

This book presents the fundamentals of digital twin technology in healthcare, facilitating new approaches for the healthcare industry. It explores different use cases of digital twins in healthcare, providing insights into how this technology can revolutionize healthcare services and patient care.

Key Features

• Explores the design, challenges, and solutions for digital twins in healthcare
• Facilitates new approaches for the healthcare industry
• Examines different use cases of digital twins in healthcare

Publication Details:

Author: Abdulmotaleb El Saddik

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Publication Date: November 21, 2022

Language: English

ISBN: 9780323991636, 9780323950954