VR/AR Applications in Biomedical Imaging

Dear Colleagues,

Modern medicine demonstrate the development trends of accuracy, minimal invasion and individualization. At present, the performance of surgery mostly depends on the surgeons’ experience and skill proficiency. This requires the development of high accuracy. Many kinds of surgeries in a variety of departments have ended the era of "large incision", and will develop in the direction of minimally invasive surgery, with small trauma, light pain and fast recovery. On the other hand, the causes and pathology of human diseases are very complex. Different patients have different symptoms. It leads to the development of individualized surgery design. The precise, minimally invasive and personalized development of medicine puts forward new requirements for the surgical skills of clinicians, and more needs to provide objective and quantitative approaches of surgical diagnosis and treatment and the process of auxiliary technical support. The solution to the problems above urgently need innovative progress and support of information technology, modern diagnosis and treatment technology. At present, digital innovations in medicine, such as surgical simulation based on virtual reality (VR), surgical planning and navigation techniques based on human 3D images and augmented reality (AR), provide new ways and solutions to solve the above problems. There is profound logic in carrying out research in related fields.

Therefore, this Special Issue on “Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Applications in Modern Medicine” will focus on original research papers and comprehensive reviews of cutting-edge techniques for virtual reality/augmented reality applications in surgical simulation, planning and navigation. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• VR/AR techniques to aid in surgical simulation, planning, strategy and navigation;
• VR/AR techniques to aid in rehabilitation;
• VR/AR techniques to aid in surgical robot;
• VR/AR applications in treatment of psychological diseases;
• VR/AR applications in pain relief;
• VR/AR applications in medical training.

Overall, this Special Issue in Bioengineering will highlight recent advances in VR/AR applications in the context of biomedical applications, ranging from fundamental science discoveries and novel technique developments to new application scenarios. The collection of these papers will cover cutting-edge research activities in this booming multidisciplinary area.

Prof. Dr. Junjun Pan
Prof. Dr. Xiaosong Yang
Guest Editors

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