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Abstract
The profound changes brought about by technology in the past few decades are leading
to a total revolution in medicine. The advanced technologies of telepresence and virtual
reality are but two of the manifestations emerging from our new information age; now
all of medicine can be empowered because of this digital technology. The leading edge
is on the digital battlefield, where an entire new concept in military medicine is
evolving. Using remote sensors, intelligent systems, telepresence surgery and virtual
reality surgical simulations, combat casualty care is prepared for the 21st century.