From: barker@qut.edu.au
Subject: Re APPS: Medical Applications of VR?
Date: 4 Nov 92 11:36:17 EST
Message-ID: <1992Nov4.113617.57912@qut.edu.au>
Organization: Queensland University of Technology


In reply to the following :

>Hi!  I am looking for info on medical applications of VR for a paper I
>am writing.  Can anyone out there help me to find out:
>
>  What is being worked on  at the  moment?
>  How close are these applications to commercialization?
>  What kind of systems will a hospital/physician need in place to take
>   advantage of them?
>
>I would appreciate any help you can give.  
>
>Please E-mail to:  krauth79@wharton.upenn.edu
>
>Thanks!
>Melissa Krauth  

A good place to start would be the proceedings of the "Medicine Meets Virtual
Reality" Conference (4-7 June, 1992, San Diego USA). The address for
proceedings is :

	PO Box 23220
	San Diego
	CA 92193
	USA
	Ph (619) 541-1444
	fax (619) 541-1447

There was a commentary on the Conference in the July, 1992 edition of
"Simulation", written by Francisco J Oyarzun (pp 68-72).

It describes some of the "Clever Ideas" presented as well as some aspects of 
the commercialisation of such work.

Happy reading !

Tim Barker				barker@qut.edu.au
Centre for Medical and Health Physics
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane QLD
Australia