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Informationen zum Autor METIN AKAY is Assistant Professor at the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. ANDY MARSH is a researcher at the National Technical University of Athens in Athens, Greece. Klappentext Dieses zweibändige Werk beschäftigt sich mit Virtual-Reality-Anwendungen in der Medizin. Behandelt werden neueste Entwicklungen verschiedener VR-gestützter Behandlungsmethoden wie Telemedizin und Telechirurgie. Im Mittelpunkt dieses 2. Bandes "Information Technologies in Medicine" stehen Technologien für Rehabilitation und Behandlungsmaßnahmen. Zusammenfassung This text deals with applications of virtual reality (VR) in medicine. Its two volumes cover VR in medical education, treatment through us of virtual environments, and telemedicine and telesurgery. Volume II covers the technologies for rehabilitation and medical treatment. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE. PART I: TREATMENT. 1. Neuro/Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Disability Solutions Using Virtual Reality Technology ( Walter J. Greenleaf ). 2. The Use of Virtual Reality Technology in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders ( Brenda K. Wiederhold and Mark D. Wiederhold ). 3. Virtual Reality for Health Care ( L. Beolchi and G. Riva ). 4. Robot-Assisted Microsurgery Development at JPL ( Hari Das, Tim Ohm, Curtis Boswell, Rob Steele, and Guillermo Rodriguez ). 5. Virtual Reality and the Vestibular System: A Brief Review ( Erik Viirre, Zsolt Lorant, Mark Draper, and Thomas A. Furness, III ). PART II: TELEMEDICINE AND TELESURGERY. 6. Computer Imagery and Multimedia Techniques for Supporting Telemedicine Diagnoses ( Qinglian Guo, Katsunobu Muroi, and Mieko Ohsuga ). 7. Implementing a Picture-Achieving and Communication System (PACS) and Teleradiology System: Practical Issues and Considerations ( Jihong Wang ). 8. From Engineering to Surgery: The Harsh Realities of Virtual Reality ( Robert John Stone ). 9. Maxillofacial Virtual Surgery from 3-D CT Images ( Alessandro Sarti, Roberto Gori, Alberto Bianchi, Claudio Marchetti, and Claudio Lamberti ). INDEX. ...
