Applications of virtual reality to surgery.

نویسنده

  • K T McGovern
چکیده

Virtual reality (VR) has revolutionized many scienti®c disciplines by providing novel methods to visualize complex data structures and moreover by providing means to manipulate this data in real-time in a natural way. Among the most promising ®elds for the application of VR systems are engineering, education, entertainment, military simulations and medicine. This paper reviews applications of VR in medicine, and surgery in particular. Key applications are identi®edand relevant methods, technologies, system issues, and needs are discussed. Finally, we review the challenges of the ®eld and the opportunities for further research and development.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 308 6936  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994