Virtual reality training for radiotherapy becomes a reality

Phillips, R; Ward, J W; Page, L; Grau, C; Bojen, A; Hall, J; Nielsen, K; Nordentoft, V; Beavis, A W

Abstract

A report in 2007 to the UK Government identified a crisis in England for training staff and students for the radiotherapy treatment of cancer. The Hull authors have developed an immersive life size virtual environment of a radiotherapy treatment room, known as VERT, to address this problem. VERT provides the trainee with models, simulation, enhanced visualization and training aids for treatment of virtual patients in a virtual treatment room. In 2007 immersive VERT systems for radiotherapy training were established for training purposes at the University Aarhus Hospital (Denmark) and the Birmingham City University (UK). This paper reports on early evaluations of VERT by these two institutions.

Citation

Phillips, R., Ward, J. W., Page, L., Grau, C., Bojen, A., Hall, J., Nielsen, K., Nordentoft, V., & Beavis, A. W. (2008). Virtual reality training for radiotherapy becomes a reality. Studies in health technology and informatics, 132, 366-371

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Studies In Health Technology And Informatics
• Print ISSN: 0926-9630
• Publisher: IOS Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 132
• Pages: 366-371
• Keywords: Virtual reality; Virtual environment; Medical training; Medical simulation; Radiotherapy; Radiation therapy; Health; Medicine; Medical education
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/463904
• Publisher URL: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/11360
• Additional Information: (Chapter in Medicine meets virtual reality 16 - ISBN 978-1-58603-822-9, v.132 in the series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics)