Title Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Accelerating Technology Transfer: New Relationships for Academia, Industry and Government. -- An Immersive Environment for the Direct Visualization and Segmentation of Volumetric Data Sets -- The Virtual Reality Arthroscopy Training Simulator -- A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATING VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS WITH HAPTIC DISPLAYS -- 3D Visual Presentation of Shoulder Joint Motion -- Medical Volume Rendering Over The WWW Using VRML And JAVA -- INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL TELEMENTORING: OUR INITIAL EXPERIENCE -- Telemedicine in Prison -- Web-based Segmentation and Display of Three-dimensional Radiologie Image Data -- ATTRACT - Applications in Telemedicine Taking Rapid Advantage of Cable Television Network Evolution -- A PATIENT-CENTRIC APPROACH TO TELEMEDICINE DATABASE DEVELOPMENT -- Secured Medical Imaging Over the Internet -- DEMONSTRATION OF SURGICAL TELEROBOTICS AND VIRTUAL TELEPRESENCE BY INTERNET+ISDN FROM MONTEREY (USA) TO MILAN (ITALY) -- Virtual Endoscopy Software Application on a PC -- Audio-guided Blind Biopsy Needle Placement -- Telepresence Interface with Applications to Microsurgery and Surgical Simulation -- COMPUTER-ASSISTED IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY USING THE REGULUSTM NAVIGATOR -- VIRGY: A VIRTUAL REALITY AND FORCE FEEDBACK BASED ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY SIMULATOR -- VR Simulation Of Abdominal Trauma Surgery -- Validation Of Virtual Reality To Teach And Assess Psychomotor Skills In Laparoscopic Surgery: Results From Randomised Controlled Studies Using The MIST VR Laparoscopic Simulator. -- 3D and 4D atlas system of living human body structure -- CT-Based 3D-Planning For Dental Implantology -- Experience with MR-Guided Therapy -- Brain Surgery Simulation System Using VR Technique and Improvement of presence -- A PC-BASED SURGICAL SIMULATOR FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY -- TELEMEDICINE: A Personal Journey