Serious games in health care based on multimedia technologies

Author

Samcovic, Andreja ; Jaume-i-Capo, Antoni

Author_Institution

Fac. of Transp. & Traffic Eng., Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

757

Lastpage

760

Abstract

This paper describes the development currently being conducted into serious games which pursue some form of benefit in the field of health care. Although serious games are associated with software developments, developing them in the area of health care involves studying the associated multimedia technology and paying attention to aspects related to interaction with the game. Serious games for health cover matters related to education and medical treatment, rehabilitation and psychological treatment. This paper includes a review of some relevant serious game and examines new trends in this field.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer aided instruction; graphical user interfaces; health care; interactive systems; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; psychology; serious games (computing); health care; interactive system; medical education; medical rehabilitation; medical treatment; multimedia technologies; psychological treatment; serious games; Computers; Educational institutions; Games; Medical treatment; Mixers; Serious games; applications; health care; multimedia;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2013 21st

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1419-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2013.6716340

Filename

6716340