| Istituto Auxologico Italiano |
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The Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IAI) (http://www.auxologico.it/) is a scientific institute, which was born as a Foundation in 1963. Its biomedical research is carried out mainly by means of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, which undermine harmonious psycho physical development, in relation to which it follows the course of various diseases over time and intervenes in terms of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. In 1972, it was recognised by the Ministry of Health and by the Ministry for Universities and Scientific and Technological Research as an "Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - I.R.C.C.S." (an institutes that carries out research and care activities in the biomedical field). The IAI is now a private non-profit making organisation, institutionally considered as falling somewhere between a private and public service. It has thus managed to combine the public service characteristics with the efficiency that is typical of private bodies, allowing a reduction in costs and appreciable results at the level of treatment. The IAI is one of the main Italian research sites, with three main hospitals located in northern Italy. Clinical activity and research are carried out together, by many independent laboratories, each with its peculiar field of interest. As a part of the IAI, the Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, (http://www.cybertherapy.org) has started its activity in 1994. In its first decade, the Lab pioneered much of the applications that enabled the diffusion of Virtual Reality and Internet in the field of health care. Specifically, its research work led to the development of a new scientific discipline – Cybertherapy - integrating innovative research ranging from clinical psychology and cognition, to mobile devices and simulation apparatus. According to ISI Web of Science, the ATN-P Lab. is within the first three labs world-wide for numbers of publications in the field of Virtual Reality and Ambient Intelligence applied to health care. In its second decade, the Lab is focusing on the concepts of “presence” and “human adaptability” embedding the bits of the digital realm with the atoms of our physical world. This is producing expanded research in ambient intelligence, shared virtual world and “interreality” applications: the creation of a hybrid augmented experience merging physical and virtual worlds. The key feature of the ATN-P Lab. is its interdisciplinary approach including cognitive scientists, clinical psychologists, programmers, 3D world developers, and biomedical engineers. ATN-P Lab. best-practice procedure model is based on experience gained from a great number of national and international projects. Strong emphasis is given to the role of prototyping and decisive orientation toward user goals. |
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