The Role of Virtual Reality in Personalized Medicine: Advancing Prediction, Prevention, and Participation.

The integration of virtual reality (VR) technology into medicine represents a transformative step toward the realization of 4P medicine, characterized by personalization, prediction, prevention, and participation. VR provides an immersive platform for addressing neurological and mental disorders by...

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Published in:Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
Main Authors: Miltiadis, Ilias, Skarlis, Apostolos, Burko, Pavel
Format: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature 4/29/2025
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          Miltiadis, Ilias
          Skarlis, Apostolos
          Burko, Pavel
        affil: https://ror.org/044k9ta02 Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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          Individualized Medicine
          Virtual Reality
          Technology
          Nervous System Diseases Rehabilitation
          Stress Management
          Preventive Health Care
          Patient Participation
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          Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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