04480nam 2201021z- 450 991057687070332120231214133250.0(CKB)5720000000008469(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84585(EXLCZ)99572000000000846920202206d2022 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSerious Games and Mixed Reality Applications for HealthcareMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20221 electronic resource (184 p.)3-0365-4151-9 3-0365-4152-7 Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have long histories in the healthcare sector, offering the opportunity to develop a wide range of tools and applications aimed at improving the quality of care and efficiency of services for professionals and patients alike. The best-known examples of VR–AR applications in the healthcare domain include surgical planning and medical training by means of simulation technologies. Techniques used in surgical simulation have also been applied to cognitive and motor rehabilitation, pain management, and patient and professional education. Serious games are ones in which the main goal is not entertainment, but a crucial purpose, ranging from the acquisition of knowledge to interactive training.These games are attracting growing attention in healthcare because of their several benefits: motivation, interactivity, adaptation to user competence level, flexibility in time, repeatability, and continuous feedback. Recently, healthcare has also become one of the biggest adopters of mixed reality (MR), which merges real and virtual content to generate novel environments, where physical and digital objects not only coexist, but are also capable of interacting with each other in real time, encompassing both VR and AR applications.This Special Issue aims to gather and publish original scientific contributions exploring opportunities and addressing challenges in both the theoretical and applied aspects of VR–AR and MR applications in healthcare.Research & information: generalbicsscBiology, life sciencesbicsscBiochemistrybicsscreaction timeaccuracy rateserious gamePC-based gameMCIdementiaelderly healthcarecognitive functionsurgical simulationaugmented realityspine surgeryhybrid simulatorpedicle screws fixation trainingunity game enginehealthcare simulationmixed realityhybridmedical trainingserious gamesrehabilitationelderlybody trackingexercise gamesAMDsaliencevirtual realityVRpreventive careself-regulationassisted Neurofeedbackneurostimulationmindfulnessrandomizedserious games BCIexergamespersonalized exergamesmulticomponent trainingwearable sensorsolder adultsgame designinteraction designmild cognitive impairmentmachine learningfeature selectiondata transformationsclassificationResearch & information: generalBiology, life sciencesBiochemistryGesi Marcoedt1311967Condino SaraedtTurini GiuseppeedtViglialoro Rosanna MariaedtCarbone MarinaedtGesi MarcoothCondino SaraothTurini GiuseppeothViglialoro Rosanna MariaothCarbone MarinaothBOOK9910576870703321Serious Games and Mixed Reality Applications for Healthcare3030633UNINA