CyberTherapy Conference 2005-2009

描述（由申请人提供）：10多年前，CyberTherapy（CT）开始作为医学会议虚拟现实会议的一部分举行的半天研讨会，主要介绍概念问题和未来的可能性。CT多年来在规模和科学范围上不断发展，演变成一个为期5天的独立会议，突出了在心理健康，康复，残疾，培训和教育领域的虚拟现实（VR）和先进互动技术的受控临床试验方面最大的计划。CT上展示的研究的质量和意义再次证实了VR在医疗保健中的重要作用。CT '05将于2005年6月6日至10日在瑞士巴塞尔举行，综合过去一年在技术和医学方面的成就，以解决各种保健问题，并促进从教育到健康生活等领域的进展。CT强调互动技术的综合诊断，评估和治疗成瘾，疼痛，神经生理缺陷，焦虑症，肥胖症，以及共病药物滥用和精神健康障碍。CT还研究康复，健康促进，疾病预防和生活质量方面的先进技术。专门的小组为培训，教育和其他相关技术主题的未来制定了计划，包括VR期间生理变量的客观测量。过去的CT会议吸引了来自19个不同国家的演讲者，预计这一数字将在未来几年上升。我们寻求科学界的广泛参与，并渴望吸引药物滥用，神经科学，心理健康，认知和社会科学，教育和培训方面的专家，以及硬件和软件开发人员。我们还继续专注于尖端技术的跨学科研究，例如共享虚拟世界，化身，神经解剖学测量，视频游戏VR，增强现实，自适应显示，机器人和力反馈方法。为了更好地量化VR体验，外围生理测量和非侵入性脑成像（例如，fMRI，PET）正在成为研究人员寻求更深入了解VR体验的标准。目前正在从陆军研究办公室、国防高级研究计划局、欧盟、汉阳大学、意大利生物学研究所、玛丽安·利伯特出版社、海军研究实验室、远程医疗和先进技术研究中心以及魁北克大学寻求额外的CT资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 10 years ago, CyberTherapy (CT) began as a half-day symposium held as part of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, featuring presentations that dealt mainly with conceptual matters and future possibilities. CT has grown over the years in size and scientific scope, evolving into an independent 5-day conference, highlighting the largest program assembled on controlled clinical trials of virtual reality (VR) and advanced interactive technologies in the areas of mental health, rehabilitation, disabilities, training, and education. The quality and significance of research presented at CT reaffirms the significant role of VR in healthcare. CT '05 will be held in Basel, Switzerland, from June 6-10, 2005, integrating achievements of the past year in technology and medicine to address a variety of healthcare problems, and to facilitate progress in areas ranging from education to healthier living. CT emphasizes the synthesis of interactive technologies for diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of addictions, pain, neurophysiologic deficits, anxiety disorders, obesity, and co-morbid substance abuse and mental health disorders. CT also investigates advanced technologies in rehabilitation, health promotion, disease prevention, and quality of life. Specialized panels lay plans for the future of training, education, and other related technology topics, including objective measurements of physiological variables during VR. Past CT Conferences have attracted speakers from 19 different countries, and this number is expected to rise in coming years. We seek input from a broad segment of the scientific community, and are eager to attract experts in drug abuse, neurosciences, mental health, cognitive and social sciences, education, and training, as well as hardware and software developers. We also continue to focus on interdisciplinary research into cutting-edge technologies, such as shared virtual worlds, avatars, neuroanatomic measures, video game VR, augmented reality, adaptive displays, robotics, and force feed back methods. To better quantify the VR experience, peripheral physiological measurements and non-invasive brain imaging (e.g., fMRI, PET) are becoming standard for researchers seeking greater insight into the VR experience. Additional CT funding is being sought from Army Research Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, European Union, Hanyang University, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers, Naval Research Lab, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, and Universite du Quebec en Outaouais.