Survey on Path Planning for UAVs in Healthcare Missions

This article presents a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art applications and methodologies related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the healthcare sector, with a particular focus on path planning. UAVs have gained remarkable attention in healthcare during the outbreak of COV...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of medical systems 2023-07, Vol.47 (1), p.79-79, Article 79
Main Authors: Merei, Ahmad, Mcheick, Hamid, Ghaddar, Alia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benchmarking
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Health care
Health care industry
Health Care Sector
Health Informatics
Health Sciences
Humans
Medical supplies
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Missions
Path planning
Performance measurement
Review
State-of-the-art reviews
Statistics for Life Sciences
Surveys
Unmanned Aerial Devices
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This article presents a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art applications and methodologies related to the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the healthcare sector, with a particular focus on path planning. UAVs have gained remarkable attention in healthcare during the outbreak of COVID-19, and this study explores their potential as a viable option for medical transportation. The survey categorizes existing studies by mission type, challenges addressed, and performance metrics to provide a clearer picture of the path planning problems and potential directions for future research. It highlights the importance of addressing the path planning problem and the challenges that UAVs may face during their missions, including the UAV delivery range limitation, and discusses recent solutions in this field. The study concludes by encouraging researchers to conduct their studies in a realistic environment to reveal UAVs’ real potential, usability, and feasibility in the healthcare domain.
ISSN:1573-689X
0148-5598
1573-689X
DOI:10.1007/s10916-023-01972-x