Smart Glasses--A New Tool in Medicine

Gunnar O Klein; Karandeep Singh; Johan von Heideken

Smart Glasses--A New Tool in Medicine

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015:216:901.

Authors

Gunnar O Klein¹, Karandeep Singh², Johan von Heideken³

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Informatics, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
² Dept. of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA.
³ Dept. of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 26262203

Abstract

Smart glasses, defined as a computerized communicator with a transparent screen and a video camera, wearable as a pair of glasses, have started to be tested for a variety of health related applications. This poster reviews some of the early experiences and gives a series of proposals for possible uses in medicine with a particular emphasis on medical education.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Computer-Assisted Instruction / instrumentation*
Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods
Data Display*
Education, Medical / methods
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Eyeglasses*
Mobile Applications*
User-Computer Interface*