Medicine meets virtual reality : Nextmed / edited by James D. Westwood ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Westwood, James D.

Conference Name:

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (18th : 2011)

Series:

Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 163.

Studies in health technology and informatics, 0926-9630 ; v. 163

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics--Congresses.

Medical informatics.

Medical education--Congresses.

Medical education.

Virtual reality in medicine--Congresses.

Virtual reality in medicine.

Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Medicine.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (769 pages) : illustrations.

polychrome

Other Title:

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 18

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Ios Press, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Since the debut of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference in 1992, MMVR has served as a forum for researchers harnessing IT advances for the benefit of patient diagnosis and care, medical education, and procedural training. At MMVR, virtual reality becomes a theatre for medicine, where multiple senses are engaged-sight, sound and touch-and language and image fuse. Precisely because this theatre is unreal, it is a valuable tool: the risks of experimentation and failure are gone, while the opportunity to understand remains. Improvement of this tool, through steady technological progress, is the purpose of MMVR. This book presents papers delivered at the MMVR18 / NextMed conference, held in Newport Beach, California, in February 2011, with contributions from international researchers whose work creates new devices and methods at the juncture of informatics and medicine. Subjects covered include simulation and learning, visualisation and information-guided therapy, robotics and haptics, virtual reality and advanced ICT in Europe, validation of new surgical techniques, and many other applications of virtual-reality technology. As its name suggests, the NextMed conference looks forward to the expanding role that virtual reality can play in global healthcare. This overview of current technology will interest those who dedicate themselves to improving medicine through technology.

Contents:

Title page; Preface; Conference Organization; Contents; Evaluation of a VR and Stereo-Endoscopic Tool to Facilitate 3rd Ventriculostomy; Sleep Dysfunctions Influence Decision Making in Undemented Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Study in a Virtual Supermarket; Visual Tracking of Laparoscopic Instruments in Standard Training Environments; On the Use of Laser Scans to Validate Reverse Engineering of Bony Anatomy; Classification of Pulmonary System Diseases Patterns Using Flow-Volume Curve; Cost-Efficient Suturing Simulation with Pre-Computed Models

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Medicine meets virtual reality.

ISBN:

9781607507062

1607507064

OCLC:

712060265

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.