Virtual, Augmented Reality and Serious Games for Healthcare 1

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ma, Minhua (Editor), Jain, Lakhmi C. (Editor), Anderson, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library, 68
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Computational intelligence.; Biomedical engineering.; Computational Intelligence.; Biomedical Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

There is a tremendous interest among researchers for the development of virtual, augmented reality and games technologies due to their widespread applications in medicine and healthcare. To date the major applications of these technologies include medical simulation, telemedicine, medical and health...

Table of Contents:

• Applications in Healthcare Education
• Nursing Training, Health Literacy, and Healthy Behaviour
• Applications in Neuropsychology
• Applications in Motor Rehabilitation
• Therapeutic Games aimed at Various Diseases
• Virtual Healing and Restoration.