An Overview of Ontologies in Virtual Reality-Based Training for Healthcare Domain

Frontiers in Medicine

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Ummul Hanan Mohamad¹  Mohammad Nazir Ahmad¹  Youcef Benferdia¹  Azrulhizam Shapi'i²  Mohd Yazid Bajuri³ 

[1] Institute of IR4.0, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia;Faculty of Information Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia;Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

关键词: knowledge representation;    ontology engineering;    domain knowledge;    virtual reality;    medical education and training;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2021.698855

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Virtual reality (VR) is one of the state-of-the-art technological applications in the healthcare domain. One major aspect of VR applications in this domain includes virtual reality-based training (VRT), which simplifies the complicated visualization process of diagnosis, treatment, disease analysis, and prevention. However, not much is known on how well the domain knowledge is shared and considered in the development of VRT applications. A pertinent mechanism, known as ontology, has acted as an enabler toward making the domain knowledge more explicit. Hence, this paper presents an overview to reveal the basic concepts and explores the extent to which ontologies are used in VRT development for medical education and training in the healthcare domain. From this overview, a base of knowledge for VRT development is proposed to initiate a comprehensive strategy in creating an effective ontology design for VRT applications in the healthcare domain.

【 授权许可】

CC BY