| Description |
1 online resource (769 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in health technology and informatics, 0926-9630 ; v. 163 |
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Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 163.
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical informatics -- Congresses
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Medical education -- Congresses
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Virtual reality in medicine -- Congresses
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MEDICAL -- Instruments & Supplies.
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Medical education
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Medical informatics
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Virtual reality in medicine
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Westwood, James D.
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| ISBN |
9781607507062 |
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1607507064 |
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