Information technologies in medicine / 
edited by Metin Akay, Andy Marsh.. 
 - 1 PDF (2 v.) :  illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>v. 1. Medical simulation and education -- v. 2. Rehabilitation and treatment. 
<br/><br/> Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
<br/><br/>Electronic book. 
<br/><br/> A comprehensive survey of technological developments in Virtual Reality for use in medical education and simulated procedures Medicine and the biological sciences have long relied on visualizations to illustrate the relationship between anatomic structure and biologic function. The new multidimensional imaging modalities are powerful counterparts to traditional forms of observation-surgery, postmortem examination, or extensive mental reconstruction. VR technologies have reached unimagined levels of sophistication and utility, giving physicians and students new avenues for planning and practicing surgery and diagnostics. The two volumes of Information Technologies in Medicine thoroughly explore the use of VR technology in three-dimensional visualization techniques, realistic surgical training prior to patient contact, and actual procedures in rehabilitation and treatment, including telemedicine and telesurgery. Editors Akay and Marsh have brought together all the available information on the subject of VR technologies in medicine and medical training to create the first comprehensive guide to the state of the art in medicine for use by students, doctors, and researchers. Volume I is devoted to the fundamentals of these new information technologies and their many applications in medical education and practice, especially in the area of medical and surgical simulations. Coverage includes: * Virtual environment technologies * The future of VR technologies in the twenty-first century * Perceptualization of biomedical data * Visualization in teaching anatomy. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web 
<br/><br/>Made available via Wiley InterScience. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780471216698 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1002/0471216690  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Virtual reality in medicine.<br/>Computer vision in medicine.<br/>Robotics in medicine.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R859.7.C67  / V575 2001eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610/.285/6