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Underwater experiments using the latest remote surgical technologies

Underwater experiments using the latest remote surgical technologies

McMaster’s Mehran Anvari will conduct experiments using the latest remote surgical technologies and techniques during a 10-day underwater mission taking place this October.

11 Aug 2004

Virtual reality appears to dramatically change how the brain physically registers pain

Virtual reality appears to dramatically change how the brain physically registers pain

The work, which used a specialized type of magnetic resonance imaging to track pain-related brain activity, showed drops of as much as 97 percent in such activity in some brain centers. The study marks the first time that scientists have documented a link between virtual reality and pain reduction in terms of an actual physiological response.

21 Jun 2004

Virtual reality helps people with stroke regain use of their upper limbs

Virtual reality helps people with stroke regain use of their upper limbs

Researchers from the University of Ulster and the Royal Hospitals have developed revolutionary techniques to help people with stroke regain use of their upper limbs, with the help of virtual reality.

17 Jun 2004

$2 million to advance medical research in Australia

$2 million to advance medical research in Australia

Fourteen leading medical research teams across Australia have been granted $2 million by the Commonwealth Government to advance their medical research projects.

17 Jun 2004

Virtual reality to help the diagnosis of back problems

Virtual reality to help the diagnosis of back problems

Virtual reality conjures up images of video games - dizzying flights on simulated jets or auto races at death-defying speeds. But researchers at Ohio University have developed a kinder, gentler use for the technology: the diagnosis of back problems.

2 Jun 2004

New Australian VR center to give medical students the ability to feel virtual skin, muscle, tendon and bone

New Australian VR center to give medical students the ability to feel virtual skin, muscle, tendon and bone

And later this year, the facility will be upgraded to include “haptic” capacity, or the ability to recognise the sense of touch – such as giving medical students the ability to “feel” the difference between virtual skin, muscle, tendon or bone.

3 May 2004

Extra funding aids brain research

Extra funding aids brain research

A healthy arrival of funds over the past couple of years has produced "endorphins" in McMaster’s "brain" that has psychology researchers very excited.

14 Apr 2004

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