title: Virtual reality and telepresence for military medicine.
abstract: The profound changes brought about by technology in the past few decades are leading to a total revolution in medicine. The advanced technologies of telepresence and virtual reality are but two of the manifestations emerging from our new information age; now all of medicine can be empowered because of this digital technology. The leading edge is on the digital battlefield, where an entire new concept in military medicine is evolving. Using remote sensors, intelligent systems, telepresence surgery and virtual reality surgical simulations, combat casualty care is prepared for the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of Health Science, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Satava
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine; D012371:Robotics; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D017216:Telemedicine; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery