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The Use of Metaverse in the Healthcare Sector: Analysis and Applications

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The Future of Metaverse in the Virtual Era and Physical World

Part of the book series: Studies in Big Data ((SBD,volume 123))

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With the use of blockchain, Internet of Things, virtual platform/telecommunications network, artificial intelligence and the fourth industrial revolution, the essential demand for digital transition within the health care settings has increased as an outcome of the 2019 coronavirus illness outbreak and the fourth industrial revolution. The evolution of virtual environments with three-dimensional (3D) spaces and avatars, known as metaverse, has slowly gained acceptance in the field of health care. These environments may be especially useful for patient-facing platforms (such as platforms for telemedicine), functional uses (such as meeting management), digital education (such as modeled medical and surgical learning), treatments and diagnoses. This chapter offers the most recent state-of-the-art metaverse services and applications and a growing problem when it comes to using it in the healthcare sector.

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    Rania. A. Mohamed

  2. Center for Virus Research and Studies, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

    Kamel K. Mohammed

  3. Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

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  4. Faculty of Computer and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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Mohamed, R.A., Mohammed, K.K., Darwish, A., Hassanien, A.E. (2023). The Use of Metaverse in the Healthcare Sector: Analysis and Applications. In: Hassanien, A.E., Darwish, A., Torky, M. (eds) The Future of Metaverse in the Virtual Era and Physical World. Studies in Big Data, vol 123. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29132-6_5

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