Virtual and augmented reality for biomedical applications

M Venkatesan, H Mohan, JR Ryan, CM Schürch… - Cell reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Summary 3D visualization technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR),
and mixed reality (MR) have gained popularity in the recent decade. Digital extended reality …

Extended reality for biomedicine

J Yuan, SS Hassan, J Wu, CR Koger… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Extended reality (XR) refers to an umbrella of methods that allows users to be immersed in a
3D or a 4D (spatial+ temporal) virtual environment to various extents, including virtual reality …

Next-generation simulation—integrating extended reality technology into medical education

A Herur-Raman, ND Almeida, W Greenleaf… - Frontiers in Virtual …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the advancement of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies including Virtual
and Augmented reality (VR and AR respectively) has created new human-computer …

Information and communication technologies combined with mixed reality as supporting tools in medical education

A Pregowska, M Osial, D Dolega-Dolegowski… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The dynamic COVID-19 pandemic has destabilized education and forced academic centers
to explore non-traditional teaching modalities. A key challenge this creates is in reconciling …

Virtual reality: teaching tool of the twenty-first century?

H Hoffman, D Vu - Academic Medicine, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Virtual reality (VR) is gaining recognition for its enormous educational potential. While not
yet in the mainstream of academic medical training, many prototype and first-generation VR …

Medical applications of virtual reality

R Zajtchuk, RM Satava - Communications of the ACM, 1997 - dl.acm.org
Figure 1. Data fusion and 3D visualization of neuropathology using virtual reality techniques
reality to reinvent medical education. In the area of learning the basic medical sciences, an …

Extended reality in medical practice

C Andrews, MK Southworth, JNA Silva… - Current treatment options …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of review Advances in display technology and computing have led to new devices
capable of overlaying digital information onto the physical world or incorporating aspects of …

HMD-based virtual and augmented reality in medical education: a systematic review

X Xu, E Mangina, AG Campbell - Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies provide a novel
experiential learning environment that can revolutionize medical education. These …

Emerging applications of virtual reality in cardiovascular medicine

JNA Silva, M Southworth, C Raptis, J Silva - JACC: Basic to Translational …, 2018 - jacc.org
Recently, rapid development in the mobile computing arena has allowed extended reality
technologies to achieve performance levels that remove longstanding barriers to medical …

Evaluation challenges for the application of extended reality devices in medicine

R Beams, E Brown, WC Cheng, JS Joyner… - Journal of Digital …, 2022 - Springer
Augmented and virtual reality devices are being actively investigated and implemented for a
wide range of medical uses. However, significant gaps in the evaluation of these medical …