VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS FOR PROSTATE CANCER DECISIONS

前列腺癌决策的虚拟对话

• 批准号: 6790277
• 负责人: WILLIAM Glenn HARLESS
• 金额: $ 10.68万
• 依托单位: INTERACTIVE DRAMA, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-06 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6790277
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; computer human interaction; computer simulation; decision making; early diagnosis; interactive multimedia; neoplasm /cancer diagnosis; personal computers; primary care physician; prostate neoplasms; technology /technique development; telemedicine; urology; videotape /videodisc

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The applicant is the developer of an innovative voice-activated multimedia model that allows a user to conduct a virtual interview with a real person whose video images have been digitized and stored on a personal computer (PC). The user simply speaks naturally into a microphone attached to the PC to engage the pre-stored video character in a face-to face virtual dialogue. The objective here is to create a virtual dialogue program that allows any male to talk to a notable urologist and learn about prostate cancer. Men who use the program will understand the importance of early detection and that the preservation of their life and life-style may depend on their active participation in the complicated therapeutic decisions that must be made following a diagnosis. The virtual dialogue program featuring the prominent urologist will be field-tested in a clinical environment to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of this as a method for men to learn about prostate cancer.

描述（由申请人提供）：申请人是一种创新的语音激活多媒体模型的开发者，该模型允许用户与真实的人进行虚拟访谈，该人的视频图像已经数字化并存储在个人计算机（PC）上。用户只需对着连接到PC的麦克风自然地说话，就可以与预先存储的视频角色进行面对面的虚拟对话。这里的目标是创建一个虚拟对话程序，允许任何男性与着名的泌尿科医生交谈并了解前列腺癌。使用该计划的男性将了解早期发现的重要性，以及他们的生活和生活方式的保护可能取决于他们积极参与诊断后必须做出的复杂治疗决定。以杰出泌尿科医生为特色的虚拟对话程序将在临床环境中进行现场测试，以确定其作为男性了解前列腺癌的方法的可行性，可接受性和有效性。