TY - GEN
T1 - Development of an acupuncture training system using virtual reality technology
AU - Kanehira, Ren
AU - Shoda, Atsushi
AU - Yagihashi, Makoto
AU - Narita, Hirohisa
AU - Fujimoto, Hideo
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - It is believed in oriental Chinese medicine that some special points called acu-points, and meridians connecting such acu-points, are existing in the human body. The acupuncture is accordingly such a medical treatment to cure the illness or to keep the human body healthy by stimulating related acu-points particularly those on a meridian. Acupuncture was originated from ancient China with the typical Chinese thinking and special philosophy, and recently has been accepted as a useful curing method, attracting quite much interest and being studied by many medical institutions worldwide. In this study, an acupuncture training system using virtual reality technology was developed. A virtual 3D human acupoints model was constructed on computer. The position and depth of acu-points are quantitatively indexed with the model. Acupuncture practices with quantitative targeting values and real-time true-false judgments are carried out.
AB - It is believed in oriental Chinese medicine that some special points called acu-points, and meridians connecting such acu-points, are existing in the human body. The acupuncture is accordingly such a medical treatment to cure the illness or to keep the human body healthy by stimulating related acu-points particularly those on a meridian. Acupuncture was originated from ancient China with the typical Chinese thinking and special philosophy, and recently has been accepted as a useful curing method, attracting quite much interest and being studied by many medical institutions worldwide. In this study, an acupuncture training system using virtual reality technology was developed. A virtual 3D human acupoints model was constructed on computer. The position and depth of acu-points are quantitatively indexed with the model. Acupuncture practices with quantitative targeting values and real-time true-false judgments are carried out.
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U2 - 10.1109/FSKD.2008.575
DO - 10.1109/FSKD.2008.575
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:58049201835
SN - 9780769533056
T3 - Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, FSKD 2008
SP - 665
EP - 668
BT - Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, FSKD 2008
T2 - 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, FSKD 2008
Y2 - 18 October 2008 through 20 October 2008
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