Surgery, virtual reality, and the future

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013:184:vii - xiii.

Abstract

MMVR has provided the leading forum for the multidisciplinary interaction and development of the use of Virtual Reality (VR) techniques in medicine, particularly in surgical practice. Here we look back at the foundations of our field, focusing on the use of VR in Surgery and similar interventional procedures, sum up the current status, and describe the challenges and opportunities going forward.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Assisted Instruction / trends*
  • Forecasting*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / trends*
  • Robotics / trends*
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / trends*
  • User-Computer Interface*