ENGS 13 Virtual Medicine and Cybercare
There is a revolution in technology that is occurring in health care. This new technology will dramatically change how health care is delivered in the future. This course will cover topics related to the virtual human created from bits. This will include virtual reality, augmented reality and datafusion, computer simulation, advanced 3D and 4D imaging techniques, the operating room of the future, minimally invasive surgery, space medicine, teleoperations, telemedicine and telesurgery, internet 2 and cyber-space, artificial intelligence and intelligent agents applied to medicine, and the national library of medicine virtual human project. We will also discuss the FDA approval of computer simulators, robotic surgeons, and the ethics of robots doing surgery. In addition we will discuss the medical library of the future, teleconferencing and the use of interactive media in healthcare education. We will also discuss computerized patient records (CPR) and clinical information systems. Enrollment limited to 48. No prerequisite.