Expert consensus on the metaverse in medicine

Dawei Yang; Jian Zhou; Rongchang Chen; Yuanlin Song; Zhenju Song; Xiaoju Zhang; Qi Wang; Kai Wang; Chengzhi Zhou; Jiayuan Sun; Lichuan Zhang; Li Bai; Yuehong Wang; Xu Wang; Yeting Lu; Hongyi Xin; Charles A. Powell; Christoph Thüemmler; Niels H. Chavannes; Wei Chen; Lian Wu; Chunxue Bai

Clinical eHealth (Dec 2022)

Expert consensus on the metaverse in medicine

Dawei Yang,
Jian Zhou,
Rongchang Chen,
Yuanlin Song,
Zhenju Song,
Xiaoju Zhang,
Qi Wang,
Kai Wang,
Chengzhi Zhou,
Jiayuan Sun,
Lichuan Zhang,
Li Bai,
Yuehong Wang,
Xu Wang,
Yeting Lu,
Hongyi Xin,
Charles A. Powell,
Christoph Thüemmler,
Niels H. Chavannes,
Wei Chen,
Lian Wu,
Chunxue Bai

Affiliations

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, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Jian Zhou: 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, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Rongchang Chen: Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of South University of Science and Technology of China (Shenzhen People's Hospital), Shenzhen, Guangdong, 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, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Zhenju Song: Department of Emergency Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
Xiaoju Zhang: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
Qi Wang: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
Kai Wang: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Chengzhi Zhou: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China
Jiayuan Sun: Department of Respiratory Endoscopy, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Lichuan Zhang: Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated of Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Li Bai: Department of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
Yuehong Wang: Department of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Xu Wang: The Affiliated Wuxi No.2 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Yeting Lu: Shanghai Engineer & Technology Research Center of Internet of Things for Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai, China
Hongyi Xin: UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Charles A. Powell: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount, New York, NY, USA
Christoph Thüemmler: Helios Park-Klinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Niels H. Chavannes: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Wei Chen: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Lian Wu: School of Healthcare and Social Practice, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Lung Inflammation and Injury, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5
pp. 1 – 9

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Background: Recently, Professor Chunxue Bai and colleagues have proposed a definition of the Metaverse in Medicine as the medical Internet of Things (MIoT) facilitated using AR and/or VR glasses. Methods: A multi-disciplinary panel of doctors and IT experts from Asia, the United States, and Europe analyzed published articles regarding expert consensus on the Medical Internet of Things, with reference to study results in the field of metaverse technology. Findings: It is feasible to implement the three basic functions of the MIoT, namely, comprehensive perception, reliable transmission, and intelligent processing, by applying a metaverse platform, which is composed of AR and VR glasses and the MIoT system, and integrated with the technologies of holographic construction, holographic emulation, virtuality-reality integration, and virtuality-reality interconnection. In other words, through interactions between virtual and real cloud experts and terminal doctors, we will be able to carry out medical education, science popularization, consultation, graded diagnosis and treatment, clinical research, and even comprehensive healthcare in the metaverse. The interaction between virtual and real cloud experts and terminal users (including terminal doctors, patients, and even their family members) could also facilitate different medical services, such as disease prevention, healthcare, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, rehabilitation, management of chronic diseases, in-home care, first aid, outpatient attendance, consultation, etc. In addition, it is noteworthy that security is a prerequisite for the Metaverse in Medicine, and a reliable security system is the foundation to ensure the normal operation of such a platform. Conclusion: The application of a Cloud Plus Terminal platform could enable interaction between virtual and real cloud experts and terminal doctors, in order to realize medical education, science popularization, consultation, graded diagnosis and treatment, clinical research, and even comprehensive healthcare in the metaverse.

Published in Clinical eHealth

ISSN: 2588-9141 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine
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