TY - JOUR
T1 - Expert consensus on the metaverse in medicine
AU - Yang, Dawei
AU - Zhou, Jian
AU - Chen, Rongchang
AU - Song, Yuanlin
AU - Song, Zhenju
AU - Zhang, Xiaoju
AU - Wang, Qi
AU - Wang, Kai
AU - Zhou, Chengzhi
AU - Sun, Jiayuan
AU - Zhang, Lichuan
AU - Bai, Li
AU - Wang, Yuehong
AU - Wang, Xu
AU - Lu, Yeting
AU - Xin, Hongyi
AU - Powell, Charles A.
AU - Thüemmler, Christoph
AU - Chavannes, Niels H.
AU - Chen, Wei
AU - Wu, Lian
AU - Bai, Chunxue
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - 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. 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.
AB - 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. 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.
KW - Medical Internet of Things (MIoT)
KW - Metaverse
KW - Metaverse in medicine
KW - Virtuality-reality integration
KW - Virtuality-reality interconnection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127811297&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ceh.2022.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ceh.2022.02.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127811297
SN - 2588-9141
VL - 5
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Clinical eHealth
JF - Clinical eHealth
ER -