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Virtual, Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1

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Editors:
  1. Minhua Ma

    1. Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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  2. Lakhmi C. Jain

    1. Faculty of Education, Science, Technology & Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

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  3. Paul Anderson

    1. Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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  • Latest research on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Healthcare
  • Offers an insightful introduction to the development and applications of virtual and augmented reality technologies in medical and clinical settings
  • Written by leading experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library (ISRL, volume 68)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Future Trends of Virtual, Augmented Reality, and Games for Health

    • Minhua Ma, Lakhmi C. Jain, Paul Anderson
    Pages 1-6

  3. Applications in Healthcare Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Healthcare Training Enhancement Through Virtual Reality and Serious Games

      • Sandrine de Ribaupierre, Bill Kapralos, Faizal Haji, Eleni Stroulia, Adam Dubrowski, Roy Eagleson
      Pages 9-27

    3. A Haptic-Based Virtual Reality Head and Neck Model for Dental Education

      • Paul Anderson, Minhua Ma, Matthieu Poyade
      Pages 29-50

    4. In Virtuo Molecular Analysis Systems: Survey and New Trends

      • Guillaume Bouyer, Samir Otmane, Mouna Essabbah
      Pages 51-77

    5. Kinect-based Gesture Recognition in Volumetric Visualisation of Heart from Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Imaging

      • Ahmad Hoirul Basori, Mohamad Rafiq bin Dato’ Abdul Kadir, Rosli Mohd Ali, Farhan Mohamed, Suhaini Kadiman
      Pages 79-92

    6. Designing Simulations for Health Managers in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Adherence to ehealth Services

      • Miia Parnaudeau, Hervé Garcia
      Pages 93-109

    7. Using Visualisation for Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare

      • Daniel Steenstra, John Ahmet Erkoyuncu
      Pages 111-142

  4. Nursing Training, Health Literacy, and Healthy Behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Virtual Simulations and Serious Games in Community Health Nursing Education: A Review of the Literature

      • Pamela Stuckless, Michelle Hogan, Bill Kapralos
      Pages 145-158

    3. Facilitating Learning Through Virtual Reality Simulation: Welcome to Nightingale Isle

      • Jone M. Tiffany, Barbara A. Hoglund
      Pages 159-174

    4. Improving Health Information Literacy with Games in the Virtual World of Second Life

      • Elisabeth Jacobsen Marrapodi
      Pages 175-189

    5. Urban Exergames: How Architects and Serious Gaming Researchers Collaborate on the Design of Digital Games that Make You Move

      • Martin Knöll, Tim Dutz, Sandro Hardy, Stefan Göbel
      Pages 191-207

    6. Leveraging Play to Promote Health Behavior Change: A Player Acceptance Study of a Health Game

      • Shree Durga, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Mariya Shiyko, Carmen Sceppa, Pamela Naab, Lisa Andres
      Pages 209-230

  5. Applications in Neuropsychology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Virtual Reality for Neuropsychological Assessment

      • Unai Diaz-Orueta, Beñat Lizarazu, Gema Climent, Flavio Banterla
      Pages 233-255

    3. The Role of Virtual Reality in Neuropsychology: The Virtual Multiple Errands Test for the Assessment of Executive Functions in Parkinson’s Disease

      • Silvia Serino, Elisa Pedroli, Pietro Cipresso, Federica Pallavicini, Giovanni Albani, Alessandro Mauro et al.
      Pages 257-274

    4. NeuroVirtual 3D: A Multiplatform 3D Simulation System for Application in Psychology and Neuro-Rehabilitation

      • Cipresso Pietro, Serino Silvia, Pallavicini Federica, Gaggioli Andrea, Riva Giuseppe
      Pages 275-286

  6. Applications in Motor Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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About this book

There is a tremendous interest among researchers for the development of virtual, augmented reality and games technologies due to their widespread applications in medicine and healthcare. To date the major applications of these technologies include medical simulation, telemedicine, medical and healthcare training, pain control, visualisation aid for surgery, rehabilitation in cases such as stroke, phobia and trauma therapies. Many recent studies have identified the benefits of using Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality or serious games in a variety of medical applications.

This research volume on Virtual, Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1 offers an insightful introduction to the theories, development and applications of virtual, augmented reality and digital games technologies in medical and clinical settings and healthcare in general. It is divided into six sections: section one presents a selection of applications in medical education and healthcare management; Section two relates to the nursing training, health literacy and healthy behaviour; Section three presents the applications of Virtual Reality in neuropsychology; Section four includes a number of applications in motor rehabilitation; Section five aimed at therapeutic games for various diseases; and the final section presents the applications of Virtual Reality in healing and restoration.

This book is directed to the healthcare professionals, scientists, researchers, professors and the students who wish to explore the applications of virtual, augmented reality and serious games in healthcare further.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Minhua Ma, Paul Anderson

  • Faculty of Education, Science, Technology & Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Virtual, Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1

  • Editors: Minhua Ma, Lakhmi C. Jain, Paul Anderson

  • Series Title: Intelligent Systems Reference Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54816-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-54815-4Published: 13 May 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52372-8Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-54816-1Published: 25 April 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1868-4394

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-4408

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 568

  • Number of Illustrations: 167 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Artificial Intelligence

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