Metaverse: Freezing the time

Pengxin Qian; Dawei Yang; Chunxue Bai

Clinical eHealth (Dec 2023)

Metaverse: Freezing the time

Pengxin Qian,
Dawei Yang,
Chunxue Bai

Affiliations

Pengxin Qian: Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou, China
Dawei Yang: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, China; Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Shanghai, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Xiamen, China; Department of Medical Internet of Things (MIOT) of Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution, Shanghai, 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 Engineering Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, China; Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Shanghai, China; Department of Medical Internet of Things (MIOT) of Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution, Shanghai, China; Corresponding authors at: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
pp. 29 – 35

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Considering the poor efficacy of drug treatment, the non-drug therapy is vital for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As an ultimate form of Internet, Metaverse will become mainstream industry in the future. This thesis reviews advances in non-drug therapy (Reminiscence Therapy, Music Therapy, Horticultural Therapy, Animal-Assisted Therapy) of Alzheimer’s disease and introduce the Metaverse and its application in field of medicine. Finally, the author thinks Metaverse will be used to store human’s memories and proposed Metaverse Therapy for AD patients as one of the non-drug treatment in the future.

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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