Collection

Virtual Reality in Healthcare

Submission status
Closed
Virtual reality (VR) is a relatively new technology that is already proving to be an essential tool to both clinical researchers and medical practitioners. New Content Item This collection welcomes articles presenting novel developments and applications of virtual reality in a healthcare setting including, but not limited to, surgery, including robotic surgery, mental health and psychological therapy, pain management and physical therapy. Research exploring the use of VR as a medical training tool and also to raise awareness of health conditions will also be considered. Please email Alison Cuff, the inhouse editor for BMC Digital Health, (alison.cuff@biomedcentral.com) if you would like more information before you submit.

Editors

  • Philippe J. Giabbanelli Philippe J. Giabbanelli

    Philippe J. Giabbanelli

    Dr Philippe J. Giabbanelli is an associate professor of computer science and software engineering at Miami University. He previously worked as a research at the University of Cambridge (UK) and taught at several nationally ranked American universities. He has published over 100 articles and served as editor for several special issues, in addition to his service on the editorial board of several journals (BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, Intelligence-Based Medicine, SIMULATION, Social Network Analysis & Mining).

Articles (14 in this collection)