Aleena Garner still remembers the moment she decided to pursue neurobiology. She was in an undergraduate chemistry class when realization struck: the human brain—that three-pound organ capable of carrying out an endless ...
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Some years ago, virtual reality (VR) systems were associated only with games and leisure in three-dimensional virtual space, but today, VR is used in a multitude of fields. An innovation created by the team of Lithuanian ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Immersive virtual reality (VR) may enable interventional radiologists to improve treatments using real-time 3-D images from inside a patient's blood vessels. New research presented today at the Society of Interventional Radiology's ...
Mar 26, 2019
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A boom in new technologies is revolutionizing the field of mental health in terms of understanding and treating mental disorders like phobias, eating disorders or psychosis. Among these innovations, virtual reality (VR) is ...
Oct 15, 2021
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Imagine walking along a South Devon beach on a lovely day. The waves are lapping on the shore, rabbits are scurrying in the undergrowth, and the bells of the local church are mingling with the calls of the seagulls. Then, ...
Jun 14, 2017
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A portable virtual reality device improves neuroplasticity for quicker recovery. It is conquering hospitals around the world. It is being validated by the CHUV hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland and soon by the Stanford Stroke ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Virtual reality simulators can help learners improve their technical skills faster and with no risk to patients. In the field of neurosurgery, they allow medical students to practice complex operations before using a scalpel ...
Sep 19, 2023
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This could be the best and most realistic version of "Operation" ever, but a system under development at Rice University to help train doctors is no game.
Sep 6, 2016
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For the first time in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), patients get a chance to scuba dive, snowboard, and go on a safari or other adventures, all from their hospital bed.
Mar 27, 2019
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Palliative care is the interdisciplinary medical specialty of caring for people with serious and often terminal illnesses. Its aim is to improve quality of life for such patients and their families, by relieving symptoms ...
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