Title :
Simulation of Labor Based on Virtual Reality
Author :
Hu, Zhaoyong ; He, Hanwu ; Gu, Yaoda ; Yang, Nanyue
Author_Institution :
GDUT-EON Reality Inc., Guangdong Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou
Abstract :
Childbirth education is beneficial to pregnant woman and her family members. It´s also important for doctors and nurses who will be engaged in labor. For childbirth education, the most significant task is to show mechanism of labor. Because it is associated with the fetus within the uterus of pregnant woman, overall representation of mechanism of labor is difficult. Traditional methods, such as pictures, models, etc. are limited. As a popular tool for simulation, virtual reality is introduced to solve the puzzle. Simulation of labor using virtual reality can represent the mechanism of labor with levels of interactivity and dynamics clearly. As two critical points of labor simulation, model construction and movement simulation, are expatriated in detail
Keywords :
biology computing; biomedical education; medical computing; virtual reality; childbirth education; labor simulation; model construction; movement simulation; virtual medicine; virtual reality; Computer science education; Educational technology; Fetus; Gynaecology; Helium; Layout; Medical simulation; Pediatrics; Pregnancy; Virtual reality; and childbirth education.; delivery; labor; simulation; virtual medicine; virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Artificial Reality and Telexistence--Workshops, 2006. ICAT '06. 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2754-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICAT.2006.115