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CHARM: Comprehensive Human Animation Resource Model

[Europe, 3D modeling of human body, Univerity de Las Islas Baleares, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), University of Geneva (UNG), University of Karlsruhe (UNK)]
http://ligwww.epfl.ch/~maurel/CHARM/Home_Page/Home_Page.html

European Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies (ECDVRAT)

[United Kingdom]
http://cyber.reading.ac.uk/people/pms/WWW/ecdvrat/call98.htm

First International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI '98

[United States]
http://www.ai.mit.edu/conferences/miccai98.html

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 7

[United States]
http://www.amainc.com/MMVR/MMVR.html

Medicine Virtual Expo

[United States]
http://www2.best.com/~elusive/customers/med_vir_reality/vr_med_expo2.html

Project Hippocrates

[United States]
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/mrcas/www/hippocrates.html

Bergamasco, Massimo

[tactile feedback systems, haptics]
bergamasco@sssup1.sssup.it
http://zhora.sssup.it/max3.html

Burdea, Grigore

[force feedback]
burdea@vr.rutgers.edu
http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/vrlab/burdea.html

Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering, Virtual Environments, 3D Medical Imaging, and Computer Graphics Laboratory

[United States, defense, medical applications, distributed simulations, interactive environments]
http://www.afit.af.mil/ENGgraphics/GRAPHICS.html

California, University of - San Diego

Applied Technologies Laboratory, Learning Resources Center

Based at the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine, this laboratory has been established within the Learning Resources Center (LRC) to experiment with VR systems in combination with multimedia-based educational resources. The focus is on uses of VR for medical training.
[United States, California, University of - San Diego, medical training, higher education-Multimedia Synthesis-MMS]
http://cybermed.ucsd.edu/AT/AT.html

Carnegie Mellon University

Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (MRCAS)

The Center for MRCas was formed in 1993 as a joint venture between Carnegie Mellon University and Shadyside Hospital
[surgical planning, Carnegie Mellon University, robotics, remote collaboration]
http://www.mrcas.ri.cmu.edu/

East Carolina University

Rural Eastern Carolina Health Network

[United States, East Carolina University, telemedicine]
http://www.telemed.med.ecu.edu/telemenu.htm

Medicine Meets VR: THE BRIDGE

International forum for medicine and interactive technology to interaface and create the future of health care, focusing on virtual reality and it's enabling technologies.
[United States, East Carolina University]
http://www.telemed.med.ecu.edu/bridge/bridge_1.htm

East London, University of

VR Laboratory

The laboratory investigates the use of virtual environments in training of wheel-chair use, cognitive assessment and retraining, balance disorders and driving ability in both immersive and "non-immersive" systems.
[United Kingdom, East London, University of, cognitive assessment and retraining, wheel-chair use]
http://www.uel.ac.uk/pers/E.A.Attree/veres.html

Fraunhofer Institute

Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics

Fraunhofer CRCG is a non-profit computer graphics research group specializing in pre-competitive research in the areas of volume visualization, virtual environments, collaborative work tools, and user interface design.
[Germany, Fraunhofer Institute, visualization, collaborative work tools, user interface design, virtual environments]
http://www.CRCG.edu/


TeleInViVo project

[Germany, Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics, medical visualization, teleoperation]
http://www.crcg.com/projects/teleinvivo.html


IGD's Visualization and Virtual Reality - VR in Medicine

The expertise of the VR group is focused on: anatomy education, surgical training, preoperative planning, intraoperative support and prototyping
[Germany, Fraunhofer Institute, Virtual Anatomy, Virtual Endoscopy, Virtual Reality Training Simulator, Preoperative Planning, Intraoperative Support]
http://www.igd.fhg.de/www/igd-a4/flyers/medicine/

Georgia Tech

Eye Surgery Simulator

A project in the Biomedical Interactive Technology Center at Georgia Tech, the Eye Surgery Simulator provides both visual and tactile feedback during a simulated eye surgery training session.
[United States, Georgia Tech, biomedical simulation]
http://www.bitc.gatech.edu/bitcprojects/eye_sim/eye_surg_sim.html


Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU)

GVU conducts research in four major areas: Visual Computing, Interaction and Collaboration, Communication and Education and Future Technologies.
[United States, Georgia Tech, animation, virtual environments, multimedia, cognition]
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/gvutop.html


Virtual Environments and Real-time Deformations for Surgery Simulation

Medical College of Georgia, Modeling, Imaging and Visualization.
[United States, Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU), Biomedical Imaging and Visualization]
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/visualization/surgsim/


Phobia Project

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
[United States, Georgia Tech, behavioral therapy]
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/virtual/Phobia/

Institute of Systems Science (ISS)

http://www.iss.nus.sg/

CIeMed: Center for Information-Enhanced Medicine

[Singapore, Institute of Systems Science (ISS), multimedia, artificial intelligence]
http://www.ciemed.nus.edu.sg

Iowa, University of - Computer Science Department

Loiusville, University of

Medical Informatics Research Group

Medical Informatics Research, Dept. of Surgery, University of Loiusville School of Medicine
http://www.webmed.com/mi/projects.html

Manchester, University of

Stereoscopic Display and Manipulation of Volumeric Data

Investigates and develops computer science techniques for 3D volumetric data display and manipulation
[United Kingdom, Manchester, University of, medical imaging, radiation therapy planning]
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/aig/asd/asd.html

Mannheim, University of

Virtual Reality in Medicine (VIRIM)

LEHRSTUHL FR INFORMATIK V of the University of Mannheim
http://www-mp.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/groups/virim/virim.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biorobotics Group

Prof. I.W. Hunter's , Newman Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
[United States, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, medical simulators, microsurgery, eye surgery]
http://biorobotics.mit.edu/

Mayo Clinic

VRASP: Virtual Reality Assisted Surgery Program

The Mayo Biomedical Imaging Resource (BIR)
http://www.mayo.edu/bir/vrasp/vr_intro.html

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Ames Research Center

"Ames Research Center and its personnel work to develop technologies that enable the Information Age, expand the frontiers of knowledge for aeronautics and space, improve America's competitive position, and inspire future generations."
http://www.arc.nasa.gov/


Virtual Environment for Reconstructive Surgery (VERS)

Collaboration between Biocomputation Center at NASA Ames Research Center and the Dept. of Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University
[United States, NASA Ames Research Center, craniofacial surgeries]
http://biocomp.arc.nasa.gov/vers/.index.html

National Cancer Center of Japan

[Japan, medical virtual reality, medical VRML, simulated surgery]
http://medvr.res.ncc.go.jp/

Nottingham University

VIRART: Virtual Reality Applications Research Team

VIRART has been involved in the development and testing of virtual environments for students with severe learning difficulties for the last four years. The primary testing for this work has been the Shepherd School in Aspley, Nottingham. VIRART has also been involved with industrial applications of virtual environments for planning and simulation, design, operations assistance, and training.
[United Kingdom, Nottingham University, ergonomics, manufacturing engineering, computer systems, psychology, operations management and computer-aided design, special needs, experiential environments, communication environments, simulation]
http://quoll.maneng.nott.ac.uk/Research/virart


Autism and VR

[United Kingdom, VIRART: Virtual Reality Applications Research Team, behavioral therapy]
http://quoll.maneng.nott.ac.uk/Research/virart/educn/autism.html

Ottawa, University of

Rehabilitation Sciences Virtual Reality Lab

The Rehabilitation Sciences Virtual Reality (RSVR) Lab has recently been established at the University of Ottawa. The mission of the laboratory is to conduct applied research to develop new technology for individuals with disabilities, and to evaluate and assess the impact of this technology for improving their quality of life.
[Canada, Ottawa, University of, children with disabilities, education, disability awareness]
http://www.health.uottawa.ca/vrlab/

Pennsylvania, University of

Rutgers University

Rutgers University's Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity (CAIP)

CAIP focuses on industry-academic collaborations in the areas of human-machine intraction, vision measurement, multimedia information, and machine vision.
http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/


CAIP VR lab

Research focuses on: force feedback systems for VR simulations, medical applications, VR based rehabilitation systems, and human factors.
[United States, Rutgers University's Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity (CAIP), force feedback, contact detection, human factors, medical, rehabilitation]
http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/vrlab/index.html


Medical Applications

[United States, CAIP VR lab, Force feedback, Knee palpitation]
http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/vrlab/medical_apps.html

Sheffield, University of

Virtual Reality in Medicine and Biology Group

The VRMBG focuses on medical applications of virtual reality.
[United Kingdom, Sheffield, University of, surgery simulation, biomolecular visualization, arthroscopic knee surgery simulator, VR heart valve design / blood flow visualization]
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~vrmbg


Virtual Reality in Medicine and Biology Group (VRMBG)

[United Kingdom, Sheffield, University of, surgical simulation, surgical training, multimedia research, virtual prototyping, biomolecular visualization]
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~vrmbg

Syracuse University

Pulsar Project

[United States, Syracuse University, bioengineering, disabled individuals, Dave Warner, NeatTools]
http://www.pulsar.org

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

3D-Med project

Working on the design and analysis of a medical imaging application, based on both volume rendering and surface rendering using the Hybris VRML viewer prototype to display isosurfaces generated from medical 3D volume scans.
[Denmark, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), VRML viewer, medical imaging]
http://www.it.dtu.dk/~hahl/3dmed/index_old.html

U.S. Army Department of Defense (DOD)

Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

[United States, U.S. Army Department of Defense (DOD), telemedicine]
http://www.matmo.army.mil/

Virtual Reality in Clinical Medicine. VREPAR Project Applied Technology for Psychology Lab, Centro Auxologico Italiano, Virtual Reality Environments for Psychoneurophysiological Assessment and Rehabilitation.

[Italy, Centro Auxologico Italiano, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico C. Besta, Politecnico di Milano, University of Reading, University of Edinburgh, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, IBM South Europe and Middle East Africa, Stroke Diso]
http://www.ehto.be/ht_projects/vrepar/

Visualization and Media Systems Design (VMSD)

http://viswiz.gmd.de/VMSD/PAGES.en/

Washington, University of

Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab)

The HIT Lab researches virtual interface technology. The aim is "to develop a new generation of human-machine interfaces to provide solutions to challenges in a variety of domains."
[United States, Washington, University of, virtual interface technology, human-computer interaction, medical applications, augmented reality, vision]
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/


Medical Interface Research Group

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/research/medicine/


Therapeutic VR

[United States, Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab), behavioral therapy, desensitization]
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/therapeutic/

Artma Biomedical

[Austria, USA, image guided stereotactic surgery, telemedicine, Virtual Patient System]
http://www.artma.com

Boston Dynamics

[United States, medical, avatars, Interactive Humans, DI-Guy, Virtual Surgery]
http://www.bdi.com/

CAE Electronics Ltd

[head mounted display, HMD]
http://www.cae.ca

Cine-Med

[surgical skills simulation, Virtual Clinic]
http://www.cine-med.com/cinemed/vrweb.html

Cyberware

[United States, motion platforms, rapid 3d color digitizer, whole body scanner, 3D digitizing software, Cyberware 3030RGB/PS Scanner]
http://www.cyberware.com/

Engineering Animation Inc. (EAI)

[United States, visualization, medical, software, 3D animation, VisFly, VisLab, VisMockup, VisModel, The Dynamic Human, 3D Digital Human Anatomy, Cardioviewer 3D, Computer Animation in the Courtroom: A Primer]
http://www.eai.com/

HT Medical

[United States, surgical simulation, visualization, CathSim Intravenous Training System, PreOp Endoscopy Simulator, PreOp Endovascular Simulator, T-Vox: Teleos Voxel Visualizer]
http://www.ht.com/

Immersion Corporation

[United States, force feedback, 3D digitizing, I-FORCE, Impulse Stick, MicroScribe-3D]
http://www.immerse.com/

Lateiner Dataspace

[United States, medical, physical simulation visualization company]
http://www.dataspace.com/

Musculographics

[medical visualization, surgery simulation, software]
http://www.musculographics.com

Virtual Presence Ltd.

[United States, VR development, medical, MISTvr]
http://www.vrweb.com/

Defense Sciences Office

Advanced Biomedical Technologies

http://www.sainc.com/arpa/abmt/

Institute for Interventional Informatics

[United States, Telepresence, Bio-Car]
http://www.plus4.comt/i3.html

Mayo Clinic

VRASP: Virtual Reality Assisted Surgery Program

The Mayo Biomedical Imaging Resource (BIR)
http://www.mayo.edu/bir/vrasp/vr_intro.html