مقاله انگلیسی رایگان در مورد اجماع کارشناس درباره متاورس در علم پزشکی – الزویر 2022

Abstract

Keywords

1. Introduction

2. The concept of a metaverse and its possible applications in medicine

3. The medical Internet of Things (MIoT) facilitates important application scenarios for the metaverse

4. The metaverse provides technical support to maximize the value of the MIoT

5. Prospects

Author contributions

Declaration of Competing Interest

Acknowledgements

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References

Abstract

Background

     Recently, Professor Chunxue Bai and colleagues have proposed a definition of the Metaverse in Medicine as the medical Internet of Things (MIoT) facilitated using AR and/or VR glasses.

Methods

     A multi-disciplinary panel of doctors and IT experts from Asia, the United States, and Europe analyzed published articles regarding expert consensus on the Medical Internet of Things, with reference to study results in the field of metaverse technology.

Findings

     It is feasible to implement the three basic functions of the MIoT, namely, comprehensive perception, reliable transmission, and intelligent processing, by applying a metaverse platform, which is composed of AR and VR glasses and the MIoT system, and integrated with the technologies of holographic construction, holographic emulation, virtuality-reality integration, and virtuality-reality interconnection. In other words, through interactions between virtual and real cloud experts and terminal doctors, we will be able to carry out medical education, science popularization, consultation, graded diagnosis and treatment, clinical research, and even comprehensive healthcare in the metaverse. The interaction between virtual and real cloud experts and terminal users (including terminal doctors, patients, and even their family members) could also facilitate different medical services, such as disease prevention, healthcare, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, rehabilitation, management of chronic diseases, in-home care, first aid, outpatient attendance, consultation, etc. In addition, it is noteworthy that security is a prerequisite for the Metaverse in Medicine, and a reliable security system is the foundation to ensure the normal operation of such a platform.

     The rise of the metaverse has brought infinite possibilities to all types of sectors and occupations, such as video game production, leisure, and entertainment. Museum exhibitions have evolved with diverse digital technologies,4 and new metaverse sales models have emerged from traditional retail.5 Some researchers have studied the art community of the 3D virtual world. Concerning social media, on October 28th, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook had changed its name to “Meta” to align the company with its focus on new computing technologies and the metaverse.6 Others seek to understand how journalism is practiced in the metaverse.7, 8

Conclusion

     The application of a Cloud Plus Terminal platform could enable interaction between virtual and real cloud experts and terminal doctors, in order to realize medical education, science popularization, consultation, graded diagnosis and treatment, clinical research, and even comprehensive healthcare in the metaverse.

Introduction

     Since 2021, the concept of the metaverse has been widely discussed. It refers to the internet accessed via virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) glasses, and is considered to be the next-generation mobile computing platform that will be widely used in the future.1 Others believe that the metaverse is a ternary digital world established on the basis of digital technology integrating the virtual and the real worlds, which people enter with digital identities. The idea originated from the novel True Names by Professor Vernor Vinge, an American mathematician. In this story, published in 1981, the author creatively conceived a virtual world that enters and obtains sensory experience through a brain-computer interface. Later, in 1992, the term “metaverse” was coined by American science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson in his novel Snow Crash, in which the characters explore an internet world parallel to the real world, using digital avatars of themselves for perception and interaction.2, 3

     The rise of the metaverse has brought infinite possibilities to all types of sectors and occupations, such as video game production, leisure, and entertainment. Museum exhibitions have evolved with diverse digital technologies,4 and new metaverse sales models have emerged from traditional retail.5 Some researchers have studied the art community of the 3D virtual world. Concerning social media, on October 28th, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook had changed its name to “Meta” to align the company with its focus on new computing technologies and the metaverse.6 Others seek to understand how journalism is practiced in the metaverse.7, 8

Funding

     Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (20DZ2254400, 21DZ2200600, 20DZ2261200), National Scientific Foundation of China (82170110), Shanghai Pujiang Program (20PJ1402400).