Virtual Reality-Enabled Sensing Technologies for Medical and Healthcare Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 216
Special Issue Editor
Interests: creating computerized interfaces with instrumented wearables and virtual reality to rehabilitate movement function for those with neural injury; developing control systems for better integration between users and powered assistive devices; examining how variations in sensory-driven user-computer interactions will affect performance and cognitive factors function
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Virtual reality (VR) is redefining what is possible in healthcare. These technologies are spreading day by day as a result of the recent accessibility of low-cost commercial solutions. To create fresh, compelling treatments that are both successful and efficient, novel VR applications are continually being pursued. As a result, the use of VR is ever expanding in the administration, promotion, and care of health.
This Special Issue's objective is to present the most recent developments in VR technologies leveraging sensory feedback for medical applications. In particular, VR is a powerful and flexible platform in which to customize user experiences and evaluate responses through visual, audio, and tactile sensations. Thus, VR can be a highly effective means from which to engage, teach, and affect the user cognitively, physically, and emotionally. Thus, the potential medical uses of VR include rehabilitation of function, lifestyle counseling, medical and surgical training, geriatric patient assessment, pediatric patient assessment, and pain management.
To establish the role of VR in healthcare, it is still necessary to test novel hypotheses and to examine broader contexts of studies. The current Special Issue's goal is to compile exceptional papers on the topic of VR healthcare applications leveraging sensing technologies. Consequently, we invite researchers from academia and industry to contribute both original research and review articles in the areas of patient treatment employing cutting-edge technologies. The topics covered by this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Virtual reality;
- Healthcare;
- Rehabilitation;
- Medical applications;
- Medical education;
- Sensory feedback.
Dr. Raviraj Nataraj
Guest Editor
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