2023-11-27 02:05:22
[김영훈의 참의사 찐병원]VR and AR in healthcare
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One of the main keywords of digital healthcare, which has emerged as a hot issue in future medicine, is AR and VR. The photo has nothing to do with the article. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]The three main characters in the movie ‘The Deer Hunter’ are Michael, Nick, and Stephen. They are friends who work at a steel mill in Clearton, Pennsylvania, USA. As soon as Stephen concludes the wedding, the three leave for Vietnam.
Those who participated in the Vietnam War suffered tremendous hardship and suffering. Fortunately or unfortunately, he was able to survive, but his life followingward was miserable. This film, produced in 1976 and released regarding four years following the end of the Vietnam War, vividly showed the seriousness of the followingeffects suffered by those who participated in the war.
In particular, Nick’s PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) was severe enough to lead to his death (actually a suicide of desperation). PTSD, which is familiar to modern people, is ‘a disease in which, following experiencing a serious event such as war, torture, natural disaster, or accident, one feels fear of the event, feels pain through continuous re-experience following the event, and consumes energy to escape the pain.’ It is defined as
Georgia Tech in the United States created the first VR (Virtual Reality) called ‘Virtual Vietnam’ to treat PTSD in Vietnam War soldiers. It was a virtual reality therapy device that replicated the Vietnam War. Since it was released in 1997, the graphics are poor compared to today’s, but this VR has shown considerable effectiveness in treating PTSD in veterans. This treatment device later became a pioneer in numerous VR treatments, including ‘Virtual Iraq (2007)’.
One of the main keywords of digital healthcare, which has emerged as a hot issue in future medicine, is AR and VR. AR (Augmented Reality) is similar to but different from VR. While VR creates and displays virtual images, AR creates and displays only the added information virtually. It blends the real world and the virtual world well, making users feel like they are in the real world. When I buy clothes, I actually show myself wearing the clothes. If this is applied to medical devices, it can be used in various fields. Korea’s U company creates an AR rehabilitation solution using ‘3D Motion Tracking Technology’ to help people do rehabilitation exercises alone at home.
AR is also of great help during surgery. This is because it can be used to determine the patient’s condition and simulate surgery in advance. In 2021, Soroka University Hospital in Beersheba, Israel, successfully performed a surgery to separate conjoined twins who were joined at the head, with 50 medical staff participating. Before surgery, full-body scans of the babies’ bodies were made, 3D VR models were created, and several doctors prepared for the surgery and performed mock surgeries for several months. As a result, the actual surgery was completely successful.
In addition, AR is also used to obtain surgical information by projecting images, displaying affected areas, and remote surgery. In addition to real-world face-to-face treatment and physical treatment, VR and AR will ignite new forms of medical practice utilizing devices and expanded space.
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