Medical Informatics under Ubiquitous Information Society

Abstract

 Rapid innovation of information technology starts eliminating boundary between real world and cyber world. This paper discusses how such information technology, such as mixed reality, ubiquitous computing and pervasive computing, reconstructs clinical medicine. Introduction of mixed reality allows surgeons to refer various data through unified display during surgery, and changes education of surgical skills. The pervasive computing environment based on implanted sensors let patients to enjoy continuous treatments without visiting hospital.