Digital Twin Technology

7Digital Twin Applications and Challenges in Healthcare

Pavithra S.*, Pavithra D., Vanithamani R. and Judith Justin

Department of Biomedical Instrumentation Engineering, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India

Abstract

Digital twin is an efficient technology. With digital twin evolving, various sectors can gain advantages from it. The advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT), has helped digital twin to evolve. A digital twin is identical in all aspects with its original counterpart and can be used in running simulation, predicting errors of objects, products, etc. In connection to the healthcare sector, digital twin can help in it in different ways. Just like how it can provide advantages to various sectors, namely manufacturing sector, aviation sector, etc., similarly it can provide advantages to the healthcare sector as well. Using this technology, the healthcare sector can benefit largely. In this chapter, a literature based survey is presented on the application of Digital Twin and its challenges in healthcare. It is found that there are different applications of digital twin in healthcare sector. A real life example of the use of digital twin in healthcare application is also discussed and explained briefly in this chapter. The challenges digital twin face in the healthcare are also not just briefly discussed but also explained in this chapter.

Keywords: Digital twin, healthcare, IoT, data security, medical devices, ...