Virtual Environments in Medicine and Psychiatry

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Virtual Environments in Medicine and Psychiatry

• VVECC
• RAL, December 12th 2000

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Applications

• Procedures Training
• Assisting in the Operating Theatre
• Treatment of Phobias
• Rehabilitation
• Pre-operative planning
• Patient Education
• Telemedicine

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High Fidelity Solutions
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Low Fidelity Solutions
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Task Abstraction
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Goals of Today

• What do the end users need?
• Validation and assessment
• How do you implement virtual environments?
• Task analysis
• Hardware and software requirements

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Surgery Visualistion Session

• Virtual Reality in Surgical Education current
  status and future prospects
• Dr Sean Mackay, Imperial College School of
  Medicine at St Mary's, London
• User-Centred Approaches to Surgical Simulation
  Design Using VR
• Prof Bob Stone, MUSE Virtual Presence

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Surgery Visualistion Session

• Visualarium Project
• Dr Andy Dobrzeniecki, University of Copenhagen
• Medical Visualisation on Low-End Computers
• Prof Gordon Clapworthy, De Montfort University

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VE in Psychiatry Session

• Using the Virtual World to Improve Quality of
  Life in the Real World
• Prof Larry Hodges, Georgia Tech, USA
• Virtual Environments in Social Phobia Treatment
  A Case Study for Fear of Public Speaking
• Prof. David Clark, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings
  College, London and Prof. Mel Slater, University
  College London