Implementing Virtual Reality in the Healthcare Sector

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Author(s): Sofia Bayona (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain), José Miguel Espadero (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain), José Manuel Fernández (Arroyo Hospital Severo Ochoa, Spain), Luis Pastor (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)and Ángel Rodríguez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 26
Source title: Virtual Technologies for Business and Industrial Applications: Innovative and Synergistic Approaches
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): N. Raghavendra Rao (VIT University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-631-5.ch009

Keywords: Business Information Systems / Business Science Reference / Computer Science & IT / Computer Simulation

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This chapter will concentrate on the advantages that VR can offer to the Healthcare Sector. After a brief introduction, the second section will present an analysis of the areas where VR techniques can be successfully applied. Next section will describe some existing VR applications in healthcare. The development of a VR surgery simulator, with all the aspects that make this process challenging, will be presented on the following section. An analysis of the difficulties specific to healthcare environments while dealing with the design and development of VR applications will be covered in the next section. The last section will be devoted to conclusions and future perspectives of VR in the Healthcare Sector.

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