
Key Medical Applications of Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) is the name given to the technology that allows a user to use a VR headset to simulate a situation or experience of interest within an interactive but computer-generated environment. The simulation is immersive, and it may
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CIO Applications Europe | Wednesday, March 03, 2021

VR can assist medical professionals in visualizing the interior of the human body, revealing previously inaccessible areas.
Fremont, CA: Virtual reality (VR) is the name given to the technology that allows a user to use a VR headset to simulate a situation or experience of interest within an interactive but computer-generated environment. The simulation is immersive, and it may necessitate the use of special 3-D goggles with a screen or gloves that provide sensory feedback to assist the user in learning from experience in this virtual world
Medical Education
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Current medical education has shifted away from rote memorization of facts and toward imparting skills in using points to arrive at an appropriate management strategy when confronted with a given patient. This training consists of problem-solving skills, communication skills, and VR-based learning.
Patients' treatment
Virtual reality is helpful in pre-planning complex operations, such as neurosurgical procedures, because it allows the surgical team to walk through the entire procedure and practice their planned intervention. This increases safety by reducing surprises. CT, MRI, and ultrasound scans are used to compile the data, supplemented by VR and haptics. As a result, the reconstruction looks and feels like the actual patient in surgical settings.
Addiction
Medical virtual reality can also aid in the recovery from substance addiction by utilizing gradual exposure techniques and coaching on how to respond to addiction urges. In addition, using the patient's environment in the simulated situation may aid in the patient's practice of resisting common triggers before being exposed to the real thing.
Education in Health
Again, virtual reality comes to the rescue when patients need to understand their medical condition by providing an understandable and detailed reconstruction of the organs and tissues of interest.
Fitness
Virtual reality has been used in numerous fitness apps to increase daily physical activity by making it more enjoyable. They either gamify physical exercise, provide goals and rewards, feedback on movements or make it more fun.
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