Chairmen: Dr Nigel John, University of Manchester and
Prof Mel Slater, University College London
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Introduction to the day as publicised before the event
The use of virtual environments has the potential to transform all
aspects of healthcare. Typical application areas include: training of
clinical procedures on virtual patients, treatment of phobias,
rehabilitation, patient education, telemedicine, and pre-operative
planning. There is much research ongoing in all of these areas, and
commercial applications are beginning to appear. This VVECC event
offer an opportunity to learn about the current state-of-the-art for
the use of virtual environments in medicine and healthcare, and
highlights many of the research issues and problems being addressed.
We are pleased to have attracted an international programme of speakers. The event will be of interest to both healthcare professionals, and computer scientists.
9.30 Registration
10.00 Start of meeting
Dr Nigel John, University of ManchesterSession: VE in Surgery
Virtual Environments in Medicine and Psychiatry
slides (in PowerPoint form - 2.0 MB)
Dr Sean Mackay, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's, London
Virtual Reality in Surgical Education: current status and future prospects
abstract / slides (in PowerPoint form - 6.7 MB)Prof Bob Stone, MUSE Virtual Presence
User-Centred Approaches to Surgical Simulation Design Using VR
Dr Andy Dobrzeniecki, University of Copenhagen
Visualarium Project
slides (in PowerPoint form - 5.0 MB)Prof Gordon Clapworthy, De Montfort University
Medical Visualisation on Low-End Computers
abstract / slides (in PowerPoint form - 1.5 MB)
Session: VE in Psychiatry
Prof Larry Hodges, Georgia Tech, USA
Using the Virtual World to Improve Quality of Life in the Real World
slides (in PowerPoint form - very large - 25.5 MB)Larry F. Hodges is an Associate Professor in Georgia Tech's College of Computing and a member of the Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center where he leads the Virtual Environments Group. He is also co-founder of Virtually Better, Inc., a company that creates, tests and distributes virtual environments for use in the treatment of anxiety disorders
Prof. David Clark, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London and
Prof. Mel Slater, University College London
Virtual Environments in Social Phobia Treatment: A Case Study for Fear of Public Speaking
slides (in PowerPoint form - 2.1 MB)David M Clark is currently Professor of Psychology and Head of Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. His research aims to identify the cognitive processes that maintain of anxiety disorders and to use this information to develop more effective psycholgical treatments. Over the last twenty years his team have developed novel, and effective, cognitive treatments for panic disorder, hypochondriasis, social phobia, and post traumatic stress disorder.
Mel Slater is Professor of Virtual Environments in the Department of Computer Science, University College London. His research includes the study of how to construct avatars that support effective communications in virtual environments. The application to social phobia studies is one of the testing grounds for this research.
16.40 End of meeting
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| Manchester Visualization Centre's simulator for Ventricular Catheterisation | MUSE Virtual Presence's MIST/VR laporascopic surgical skills trainer in use |