Diffusion of new technologies in medical research: the case of virtual reality

Thurner, Thomas Wolfgang; Dyachenko, Ekaterina; Mironenko, Asia

doi:10.1007/s12553-020-00416-7

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“…A&F and PTSD are related to psychology and psychiatry, while DNS and PM are associated with neurology and rehabilitation. The network visualization of VR-aided therapy revealed that recent studies have mainly been focused on A&F and PTSD, which is in line with Thurner et al's [178] study that indicated that psychology and psychiatry are the medical fields where VR studies are growing, thus suggesting that VR has exceptional strength in these fields. Although the importance of rehabilitation is not highlighted in this paper because there were few related studies shown in the network visualization, a previous study [179] claimed that VR, when used as a tool for evaluation and treatment, has drawn attention in this area.…”

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Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

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Ren

Xiao

et al. 2022

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Health 4.0 aligns with Industry 4.0 and encourages the application of the latest technologies to healthcare. Virtual reality (VR) is a potentially significant component of the Health 4.0 vision. Though VR in health care is a popular topic, there is little knowledge of VR-aided therapy from a macro perspective. Therefore, this paper was aimed to explore the research of VR in aiding therapy, thus providing a potential guideline for futures application of therapeutic VR in healthcare towards Health 4.0. A mixed research method was adopted for this research, which comprised the use of a bibliometric analysis (a quantitative method) to conduct a macro overview of VR-aided therapy, the identification of significant research structures and topics, and a qualitative review of the literature to reveal deeper insights. Four major research areas of VR-aided therapy were identified and investigated, i.e., post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and fear related disorder (A&F), diseases of the nervous system (DNS), and pain management, including related medical conditions, therapies, methods, and outcomes. This study is the first to use VOSviewer, a commonly used software tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks and developed by Center for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands, to conduct bibliometric analyses on VR-aided therapy from the perspective of Web of Science core collection (WoSc), which objectively and visually shows research structures and topics, therefore offering instructive insights for health care stakeholders (particularly researchers and service providers) such as including integrating more innovative therapies, emphasizing psychological benefits, using game elements, and introducing design research. The results of this paper facilitate with achieving the vision of Health 4.0 and illustrating a two-decade (2000 to year 2020) map of pre-life of the Health Metaverse.

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Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

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Ren

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Virtual Reality (VR) Applications in Cardiology: A Review

Javaid

Khan

2021

J. Ind. Intg. Mgmt.

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Virtual reality (VR) has applications in cardiology to create enhancement, thereby improving the quality of associated planning, treatment and surgery. The need is to study different applications of this technology in the field of cardiology. We have studied research papers on VR and its applications in cardiology through a detailed bibliometric analysis. The study identified five significant steps for proper implementation of this technology in cardiology. Some challenges are to be undertaken by using this technology, and they can provide some benefits; thus, authors contemplate extensive research and development. This study also identifies 10 major VR technology applications in cardiology and provided a brief description. This innovative technology helps a heart surgeon to perform complex heart surgery effectively. Thus, VR applications have the potential for improving decision-making, which helps save human life. VR plays a significant role in the development of a surgical procedure. This technology undertakes 3D heart model information in full colour, which helps to analyze the overall heart vane, blockage and blood flow. With the help of this digital technology, a surgeon can improve the accuracy of heart surgery, and he can simulate the surgery. A surgeon can undertake surgery in a virtual environment on a virtual patient. The unique purpose of this technology is to practice pre-operatively on the specific circumstance. A cardiologist can also check the proper status of inner and outer heart wall layer. Thus, by using this 3D information, the surgeon can now interact with heart data/information without any physical touch. This technology opens a new opportunity to improve the heart surgery and development in cardiovascular treatment to improve patient outcome.

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Diffusion of new technologies in medical research: the case of virtual reality

Cited by 2 publications

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Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis

Virtual Reality (VR) Applications in Cardiology: A Review

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