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01/03/2017

Vall d'Hebron leads the application of virtual reality in medicine at YOMO

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01/03/2017

Vall d'Hebron leads the application of virtual reality in medicine at YOMO

Beyond simulations and reenactments, or application in video games, virtual reality applications have uses we can not even imagine, such as treatment in the psychiatric consultation service of a hospital. This is what was showed on February 27 by professionals from the Vall d'Hebron Campus at The Youth Mobile Festival, YOMO.YOMO is part of the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and aims to help young people to learn about careers from the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Vall d'Hebron has presented a lecture about the application that technology can have, and has already, in the world of health.The head of psychiatry at the Hospital, and VHIR researcher, Dr. Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga led a talk where he could share with forty young people the http://en.vhir.org/portal1/news-detail.asp?contentid=189907&contenttypeid=295 pioneer project, which is being carried out by analyzing the use of virtual reality in the treatment of ADHD. An unexpected application of technology, which allows to treat ADHD using mindfulness techniques, allowing them to use hyper-realistic environments to favour the concentration of patients.The presentation took place in the space devoted to presentations within the grounds of Yomo, closed and domed. The boys and girls, in addition to knowing the project, they could be immersed in the virtual world and see it in person. A different experience from other proposals of virtual reality that appeared at the festival. Vall d'Hebron at the Mobile Week BarcelonaThe Vall d'Hebron Campus is one of the http://en.vhir.org/portal1/news-detail.asp?contentid=191424&s=actualitat&t=Vall%20d%92Hebron%20mostrar%E0%20el%20seu%20potencial%20innovador%20durant%20la%20Mobile%20Week%20Barcelona prominent participants in the Mobile Week Barcelona. In addition to the participation in Yomo, Vall d'Hebron has welcomed a dialogue about technology and health, and is home to twoother actions of the week, a creative route and an artistic creation. Vall d'Hebron is positioned as a pioneer in the use of innovative projects based on new technologies, with the goal of using it to get the best care and research.

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