The metaverse in current digital medicine

Mengting Sun; Linshan Xie; Yang Liu; Kecheng Li; Bin Jiang; Yeting Lu; Yuping Yang; Hai Yu; Yuanlin Song; Chunxue Bai; Dawei Yang

Clinical eHealth (Dec 2022)

The metaverse in current digital medicine

Mengting Sun,
Linshan Xie,
Yang Liu,
Kecheng Li,
Bin Jiang,
Yeting Lu,
Yuping Yang,
Hai Yu,
Yuanlin Song,
Chunxue Bai,
Dawei Yang

Affiliations

Mengting Sun: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Baylor Biosciences, Inc, Jiaxing, China
Linshan Xie: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Baylor Biosciences, Inc, Jiaxing, China
Yang Liu: Department of Environmental Medicine & Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Kecheng Li: Baylor Biosciences, Inc, Jiaxing, China; Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China
Bin Jiang: Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China
Yeting Lu: Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China; Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Intellectual Property Development Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China
Yuping Yang: Dalian Maritime University, Liaoning, China
Hai Yu: Jiangsu Lianjia Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd, Jiangsu, China
Yuanlin Song: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China; Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Shanghai, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Xiamen, China; Corresponding authors at: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chunxue Bai: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China; Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Shanghai, China; Corresponding authors at: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Dawei Yang: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China; Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Shanghai, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Xiamen, China; Corresponding authors at: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5
pp. 52 – 57

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The metaverse has entered people's horizons through virtual reality, digital twinning, the Internet of Things, blockchain technology, etc. In the current healthcare system, the management of chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), still faces challenges, such as uneven distribution of medical resources, and difficulty in follow-up, overburdening of specialists, and so on. However, metaverse medical platforms incorporating advanced AI technologies, such as industrial-scale digital twins, may address these issues. In this article, we discuss the application prospect of these technologies in digital medicine and the future of the medical metaverse.

Published in Clinical eHealth

ISSN: 2588-9141 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/clinical-ehealth/

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