Multimedia medical informatics system in healthcare

Abstract

In our modern 21st century, daily life would be unthinkable without computers. Multimedia and virtual reality are useful for people with spein medical informatics, rehabilitation and assistive & preventive healthcare. This chapter deals with multimedia applications intended for use by medical doctors, nurses and other interested persons. It describes ways in which multimedia can assist in their work. These include the areas of diagnosis and the application to training. Matters that are important to patients are also dealt with. Some of these are how multimedia can help their rehabilitation. © Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2006.