Special department of a hospital catering to patients with severe or life-threatening illnesses and injuries, which require constant care, close supervision from life support equipment and medication in order to ensure normal bodily functions.
Published in Chapter:
Introducing Mixed Reality for Clinical Uses
Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana (Gamma Knife Center, Ospedale Cannizzaro, Italy), Paolo Palmisciano (Gamma Knife Center, Ospedale Cannizzaro, Italy), Nicola Montemurro (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Italy), Gianluca Scalia (Garibaldi Hospital, Italy), Dragan Radovanovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Kevin Cassar (University of Malta, Malta), Stefano Maria Priola (Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Canada), Igor Koncar (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Predrag Stevanovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia), and Mario Travali (Cannizzaro Hospital, Italy)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4854-0.ch022
Abstract
The advent of mixed reality (MR) has revolutionized human activities on a daily basis, striving for augmenting professional and social interactions at all levels. In medicine, MR tools have been developed and tested at an increasing rate over the years, playing a promising role in assisting physicians while improving patient care. In this chapter, the authors present their initial experience in introducing different MR algorithms in routine clinical practice from their implementation in several neurosurgical procedures to their use during the COVID-19 pandemic. A general summary of the current literature on MR in medicine has also been reported.