Actual power what VR in medicine is changing the world

Virtual reality (VR) is not just a look very beautiful concept, nor young men wearing VR glasses to watch videos, play games as simple as that. In fact, VR and almost all traditional industry meet, has been or will be produced as a devastating change. Today, the black box to describe to you, is the brave new world of virtual reality and the intersection of traditional medical clinic. Cath Kidston iPhone cases

VR technology not only can provide doctors with a large micro-invasive surgical practice can also help them overcome psychological barriers to sensitive sensory discomfort.

(United States California Western University of Health Sciences Learning Center opened virtual reality | Photo: WesternUniversity of Health Sciences)

Earlier, the United States California Western University of Health Sciences (Pomona) is a virtual reality learning centre opened, the Centre has four kinds of VR technology, zSpace displays, Anatomage virtual Anatomy, and anatomical model of the Oculus Rift and Stanford University on the iPad, designed to help students use VR training in dentistry, orthopaedics, veterinary medicine, physical therapy and nursing knowledge.

(Medical VR | Photo: scienceroll)

Taiwan Ke Hui medical and clinical training in the use of computers and specialized software, VR provided medical training. The Centre not only for doctors to provide a more realistic test environment also reduces the training injury to animals. Founder Li Xianda told the newspaper in an interview: "from October 2014, up to now, there are already 400 emergency treatment and anesthesia-related medical professionals were trained here, more realistic training effect is stronger than ever. "

RnR Market research agencies Research has unveiled a virtual reality medical service market research report, report: 2014-2019, global VR compound annual growth rate of the medical service market will reach 19.37%. In addition to training, VR mode in other medical fields are everywhere.

| Into virtual reality, out of the shadows

Mental illness is a homicide in the invisible killer, now spreading to younger age trend. Now, virtual reality could be one solution to this problem.

(Google glasses to help children with autism have normal life | source: impactlab.NET)

The Wired magazine had reported that Stanford researchers are testing the use of glass to help autistic children distinguish and recognize different emotions in order to enable them to acquire interactive skills.

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United Kingdom University of Newcastle (Newcastle University), also published in the PLOS ONE study, say they are using "blue" (Blue Room) system using VR for treatment of psychological fear, help patients return to normal life. The object of this experiment is a boy of nine 7-13, they were placed in 360 degree holographic image in the world of the blind "Blue House", cause psychological trauma to children playing around the screen. Psychologist in "the blue room" with them, guide them to adapt to the environment, and ultimately help them to overcome their fears. Experimental results showed that 8 of 9 children to better deal with situations of fear, among them 4 children out of fear.

| Ease the boredom a good helper

When lying in bed bored, want to spend time on holiday to the seaside? Magic Leap hits the virtual reality glasses to meet your wishes.

Business Insider revealed that the glasses will be equipped with systems that can identify the user's location, can move user location ready to upload data to the cloud. In this way, any dummy content can fit your current environment, interact with the user. Just put them on, you can go to the beach: System access and beach-related data from the cloud, and then to survey the room and Interior items, so that both environments seamlessly.

| In "virtual" to slow down the "real" pain

(Pain-relieving Snowworld VR games | source: 3ds.com)

Some very painful disease treatment. For example, for burn patients, and every change is hard. Now, the United States Loyola University Hospital called "SnowWorld" VR games relieve burn pain.

This virtual world of snow and ice cold rivers and waterfalls, there are snowmen and penguins. Patients can leap in snow-covered valleys or throwing snowballs, when their attention is focused entirely on ice and snow world, away from the pain.

25 years old, a third-degree burn patients at the Austin Mackay tried the therapies, he said: "it is much more interesting than ordinary physical therapy. In the world of virtual reality, I was completely fascinated. I could barely feel the course of treatment pain of body movement, don't even know if I'm really in physical therapy. I revel in the game. "

VR | operation "magnifying glass"

(Google glasses used in surgery | image source: sciencero)

Virtual reality can also play a significant role in the operation. Previously, a cardiologist with glass clear a 49 year old male patient was blocked right coronary artery. Coronary angiography (CTA) and the data present in the glass display, based on these images, doctors can easily apply the blood flow to the arteries. Researcher Maksymilian Polski said, unlike traditional surgery, VR's intervention "increases operational efficiency and comfort".

| Amputees get rid of phantom limb syndrome

Worry about phantom limb pain amputees often suffer because they feel cut off limbs. There is no effective therapy for this syndrome, but Frontiers for Neuroscience medical journal introduces a new virtual reality therapy.

Patients need to wear a headset and sensor, you can enter the world of virtual reality, they can not only feel physically exist, can control the virtual body to complete a specific action. This VR system developers say they tested 5 patients so far, after a 7 to 10 to 30 minutes after the 4 patients with phantom limb has been significantly improved.

Virtual reality is gradually seep into our lives than "VR+ games", "VR+ medicine" mode seems to have taken the lead to break. This means that raising the level of health care, and more importantly, it will effectively ease the current fuel of the doctor-patient relationship.

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