Li Lan, Yu Fei, Shi Dongquan, Shi Jianping, Tian Zongjun, Yang Jiquan, Wang Xingsong, Jiang Qing
School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast UniversityNanjing, 211189, China.
Department of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing UniversityNanjing, 210008, China.
Am J Transl Res. 2017 Sep 15;9(9):3867-3880. eCollection 2017.
The present review discusses the application of virtual reality (VR) technology in clinical medicine, especially in surgical training, pain management and therapeutic treatment of mental illness. We introduce the common types of VR simulators and their operational principles in aforementioned fields. The clinical effects are also discussed. In almost every study that dealt with VR simulators, researchers have arrived at the same conclusion that both doctors and patients could benefit from this novel technology. Moreover, advantages and disadvantages of the utilization of VR technology in each field were discussed, and the future research directions were proposed.
本综述讨论了虚拟现实(VR)技术在临床医学中的应用,特别是在外科手术训练、疼痛管理和精神疾病治疗方面。我们介绍了VR模拟器在上述领域的常见类型及其工作原理。还讨论了临床效果。在几乎每一项涉及VR模拟器的研究中,研究人员都得出了相同的结论,即医生和患者都可以从这项新技术中受益。此外,还讨论了VR技术在每个领域应用的优缺点,并提出了未来的研究方向。