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Virtual Environment Update System for Mental Illness Telemedicine System  

Beack Seung-Hwa (명지대 공대 정보공학과)
Peak Seung-Eun (명지대 공대 정보공학과)
Kim Dong-Wan (명지대 공대 정보공학과)
Ryu Jong-Hyun (명지대 공대 정보공학과)
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The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D / v.54, no.3, 2005 , pp. 206-214 More about this Journal
Abstract
In these days the virtual reality technology has been applied to treat such an anxiety disorders. And also a medical doctor can diagnose the patient in distance with the telemedicine system. In this thesis, an telemedicine assistant system for treatment of acrophobia using biomedical signals and virtual reality technique is proposed. I made two virtual reality simulations for treatment of acrophobia and telemedicine system for communication between doctor and patient using personal computer. Multimedia conference service, online questionary, signal transfer system are needed to configure such system. Virtual reality simulation system that composed of position sensor, head mount display, and audio system, is also included in this telemedicine system. I added virtual environment update system to this virtual reality telemedicine system for treatment of acrophobia. With this virtual environment update system, the doctors can change virtual reality simulation stage based on the status of each patient and symptom of phobia. We will apply this system to the acrophobia patient in distance and be able to offer better medical treatment for mental illness in near future.
Keywords
Virtual Reality; Telemedicine; Mental illness; GSR; HR;
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