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1、《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版下)中国人民大学出版社UnitTenRobotsRollintoOperatingRooms1.Text2.Exercise3.SupplementaryReadingRobotsRollintoOperatingRoomsGayleHansonMenuTranslation查看标*的单词MenuTranslation[1]Theideaofrobots-ifnotthethingsthemselves-hasinspiredhumanaffectioneversincetheTinMan①lamented*hisl
2、ackofaheartin"TheWizard*ofOz"②.Butinspiteoftheappealoffictionalmetalmen,robotrealityhasbeenprettymundane*.[2]Butthingsarechanging:In1990,U.S.robotmanufacturershadtheirbestyearsince1984,shippingmorethan$517.4millionworthofroboticdevices.Andwhilemostofthemachinesarebuiltforthea
3、utoindustry,anewgenerationofnimble*,ultrasophisticated*medicalrobotsisemergingthatcouldeventuallywenditswayintothehumanheart-quiteliterally*.查看标*的单词TranslationMenu[3]Thereispalpable*excitementinthemedicalcommunityoverfast-developing"medibots*①"thatmaysoonaidineverythingfromco
4、mplicatedneurological*surgerytohumanhip*replacement.Dr.JamesZinreich,aneuroradiologist*atJohnsHopkinsUniversity②inBaltimore,Maryland,isapioneerintheuseofrobotsintheoperatingroom.查看标*的单词MenuOneofthefirsttousecomputerizedthree-dimensionalmedicalimaging,Zinreichhasbeenworkingwit
5、hISGTechnologyinTorontotodevelopasensorcalledaviewingwandthatletssurgeonsseeinsideahumanskullduringbrainsurgery.Thesystem,whichusescomputerimagingandconsistsofacomputerizedworkstationandasix-jointedmechanicalarmattachedtotheoperatingtable,presages*apotentialbreakthroughinboth
6、neurosurgeryandsinussurgery.查看标*的单词TranslationMenu[4]Duringsurgery,thedoctormovesthewand*,whichisattachedtothemechanicalarm,intotheopenedskull*.Insodoing,athree-dimensionalcomputermodelofthepatient'sskullappearstopeel*awaylayerbylayer,asthetipoftheprobe*movespastboneandsoftti
7、ssue.Inaddition,stop-actionthree-dimensionalimagescanbemadewithviewsmagnified*oralteredtoshowanyperspective.查看标*的单词Menu[5]ThesystemisinitsinvestigativestagesatJohnsHopkins.Zinreichhasuseditonfewerthanadozenpatientsthusfar,buthebelievesthesystemholdsgreatpromise.TranslationMen
8、u[6]"Themostimportantthingitdoesisallowyoutostopandcheckyourselfforp