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Virtual reality techniques in medicine

Author: Hervé DELINGETTE

Publication date: February 10, 2003

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  • Hervé DELINGETTE: Engineer from the École centrale des arts et manufactures, - Doctor of Science - Director of Research at INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control)

 INTRODUCTION

Developments in new medical imaging techniques, information technology and robotics have revolutionized medical practice, at the cost of increased complexity.

Among these technologies, virtual reality supports the practitioner in the diagnostic, therapeutic and post-operative stages.

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Readers are invited to consult the articles :

  • Virtual reality – Concepts and tools in the same treatise;

  • Influence of virtual environments in this treatise;

  • Designing virtual training environments in this treatise;

  • Image synthesis [H 3 748] in the Computer Science treatise.

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