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

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(18th : Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (18th : 2011)

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Westwood, James D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 163.Publication details: Amsterdam : Ios Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (769 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781607507062
1607507064

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Medicine meets virtual reality.DDC classification:

610.284 22

LOC classification:

R858.A2 M439 2011eb

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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.

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.

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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.

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