Medicine meets virtual reality 14 [[electronic resource] ] : accelerating change in healthcare : next medical toolkit / / edited by James D. Westwood ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451048103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : IOS Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-50520-6; 9786610505203; 1-4294-0210-5; 1-60750-158-9; 600-00-0485-0; 1-60129-137-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (620 p.)
• Collana: Studies in health technology and informatics ; ; v. 119
• Altri autori (Persone): WestwoodJames D
• Disciplina: 610.2856
• Soggetti: Medical education; Virtual reality in medicine; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Preface; Conference Organization; Contents; Centerline-Based Parametric Model of Colon for Colonoscopy Simulator; New Tools for Sculpting Cranial Implants in a Shared Haptic Augmented Reality Environment; Reification of Abstract Concepts to Improve Comprehension Using Interactive Virtual Environments and a Knowledge-Based Design: A Renal Physiology Model; A Surgical and Fine-Motor Skills Trainer for Everyone? Touch and Force-Feedback in a Virtual Reality Environment for Surgical Training; A Topologically Faithful, Tissue-Guided, Spatially Varying Meshing Strategy for the Computation of Patient-Specific Head Models for Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery SimulationDetermination of Face Validity for the Simbionix LAP Mentor Virtual Reality Training Module; Enhancing the Visual Realism of Hysteroscopy Simulation; The Surgical Simulation and Training Markup Language (SSTML): An XML-Based Language for Medical Simulation; Online Robust Model Estimation ; During In Vivo Needle Insertions; A Software Framework for Surgical Simulation Virtual Environments; Augmented Assessment as a Means to Augmented RealityA Holographic Collaborative Medical Visualization System; Bounds for Damping that Guarantee Stability in Mass-Spring Systems; Bootstrapped Ultrasound Calibration; Combining High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulators with a Standardized Family Member: A Novel Approach to Teaching Breaking Bad News; Virtual Environment-Based Training Simulator for Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy; Evaluation Methods of a Middleware for Networked Surgical Simulations; A Biomechanical Analysis of Surgeon's Gesture in a Laparoscopic Virtual Scenario; Smart Tool for Force Measurements During Knee Arthroscopy: In Vivo Human StudyFactors Affecting Targeting Using the Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery System (CAOSS); Contouring in 2D While Viewing Stereoscopic 3D Volumes; Integrative Haptic and Visual Interaction for Simulation of PMMA Injection During Vertebroplasty; Flow Visualization for Interactive Simulation of Drugs Injection During Chemoembolization; The Use of a Computer Aided Design (CAD) Environment in 3D Reconstruction of Anatomic Surfaces; Simulating the Domain of Medical Modeling and Simulation: The Medical Modeling and Simulation DatabaseAssessing Cognitive & Motor Performance in Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) for Training & Tool Design; Virtual Patients: Assessment of Synthesized Versus Recorded Speech; Needle Artifact Localization in 3T MR Images; Robot-Assisted Needle Placement in Open-MRI: System Architecture, Integration and Validation; Polymer Film Based Sensor Networks for Non-Invasive Medical Monitoring; Detecting Trigger Points and Irreversibility Thresholds in Shock and Trauma; A Haptic VR Milling Surgery Simulator - Using High-Resolution CT-Data
• Sommario/riassunto: The remarkable accomplishments of the IT industry and the Internet are trickling steadily into healthcare. This series provides more effective healthcare at a lower overall cost, driven by cheaper and better computers.