Surgical simulator for hysteroscopy: a case study of visualization in surgical training

Author

Montgomery, Kevin ; Heinrichs, LeRoy ; Bruyns, Cynthia ; Wildermuth, Simon ; Hasser, Christopher ; Ozenne, Stephanie ; Bailey, David

Author_Institution

Nat. Biocomputation Center, Stanford, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

21-26 Oct. 2001

Firstpage

449

Lastpage

587

Abstract

Computer-based surgical simulation promises to provide a broader scope of clinical training through the introduction of anatomic variation, simulation of untoward events, and collection of performance data. We present a haptically-enabled surgical simulator for the most common techniques in diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy-cervical dilation, endometrial resection and ablation, and lesion excision. Engineering tradeoffs in developing a real-time, haptic-rate simulator are discussed.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; data visualisation; digital simulation; haptic interfaces; medical computing; virtual reality; ablation; anatomic variation; cervical dilation; clinical training; data visualization; endometrial resection; haptic-rate simulator; hysteroscopy; lesion excision; performance data; surgical simulator; surgical training; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Grasping; Haptic interfaces; Lesions; Medical simulation; Surgery; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization, 2001. VIS '01. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7201-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.2001.964548

Filename

964548