Medicine meets virtual reality 16; parallel, combinatorial, convergent: NextMed by Design.

9781586038229

Medicine meets virtual reality 16; parallel, combinatorial, convergent: NextMed by Design.

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (16th: 2008 Long Beach, CA) Ed. by James D. Westwood et al.

IOS Press

2008

574 pages

$224.00

Hardcover

Studies in health technology and informatics; v.132

R858

Virtual reality isn't just for video games anymore. Westwood (with a biomedical communications company in San Luis Obispo, CA) shares his vision of making virtual reality-based medical innovations available to the developing world. He introduces 125 papers presented at a conference held in January 2008 in Long Beach, CA by academics in medicine, computer science, and engineering in the "medical meets virtual reality (MMVR) community." Among the intriguing MMVR applications discussed are: testing a surgical airway simulator for the management of battlefield casualties, constructing patient-specific anatomy models, training medical students in virtual classrooms, and distraction tools for pain management in pediatric patients. Photos include simulation equipment and training for surgery and procedures. Lacks a subject index.

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