Title :
Cybermedicine - what is possible, and is it useful?
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Informatics, Wales Univ., Bangor
Abstract :
The medical domain provides excellent opportunities for the application of computer graphics, visualization, and virtual environments, with the potential to help improve healthcare and bring benefits to patients. Possible applications include anatomical educational tools; patient education; diagnostic aids; virtual endoscopy; planning aids; guidance aids; skills training; and computer augmented reality. This talk provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in this exciting field, including examples from research projects and commercially available products. The term cybermedicine was discussed and used to categorise those medical applications that can be delivered via the World Wide Web, preferably in the context of a collaborative virtual environment. The issues for effective cybermedicine was highlighted, and we will look ahead to future developments
Keywords :
Internet; groupware; medical computing; virtual reality; World Wide Web; anatomical educational tools; collaborative virtual environment; computer augmented reality; computer graphics; computer visualization; cybermedicine; diagnostic aids; guidance aids; healthcare; medical applications; patient education; planning aids; skills training; virtual endoscopy; virtual environments; Application software; Augmented reality; Computer graphics; Computer science education; Educational products; Endoscopes; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Virtual environment; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Cyberworlds, 2005. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2378-1
