Nam Sun Mo, Byun Yoon Hwan, Dho Yun-Sik, Park Chul-Kee
Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Neurosurgery, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2025 Mar;68(2):137-149. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2024.0160. Epub 2024 Nov 4.
The medical metaverse can be defined as a virtual spatiotemporal framework wherein higher-dimensional medical information is generated, exchanged, and utilized through communication among medical personnel or patients. This occurs through the integration of cutting-edge technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, and others. We can envision a future neurosurgical operating room that utilizes such medical metaverse concept such as shared extended reality (AR/VR) of surgical field, AI-powered intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, and real-time intraoperative tissue diagnosis. The future neurosurgical operation room will evolve into a true medical metaverse where participants of surgery can communicate in overlapping virtual layers of surgery, monitoring, and diagnosis.
医学元宇宙可以被定义为一个虚拟的时空框架，在其中，更高维度的医学信息通过医务人员或患者之间的交流得以生成、交换和利用。这是通过整合诸如增强现实（AR）、虚拟现实（VR）、人工智能（AI）、大数据、云计算等前沿技术来实现的。我们可以设想一个未来的神经外科手术室，它利用这样的医学元宇宙概念，如手术视野的共享扩展现实（AR/VR）、人工智能驱动的术中神经生理监测以及实时术中组织诊断。未来的神经外科手术室将演变成一个真正的医学元宇宙，手术参与者可以在手术、监测和诊断的重叠虚拟层面中进行交流。
