DocumentCode :
2556100
Title :
A case study using the virtual environment for reconstructive surgery
Author :
Montgomery, Kevin ; Stephanides, Michel ; Schendel, Stephen ; Ross, Muriel
Author_Institution :
Nat. Biocomput. Center, Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fYear :
1998
fDate :
24-24 Oct. 1998
Firstpage :
431
Lastpage :
434
Abstract :
The paper details the use of a Virtual Environment for Reconstructive Surgery (VERS) in the case of a 17 year-old boy with a severe facial defect, arising from the removal of a soft tissue tumor. Computed tomography (CT) scans were taken of the patient, the data were segmented, a mesh was generated, and this patient-specific mesh was used in a virtual environment by the surgeons for preoperative visualization of the defect, planning of the surgery, and production of a custom surgical template to aid in repairing the defect. The paper details the case of this patient, provides a background on the virtual environment technology used, discusses the difficulties encountered, and describes the lessons learned.
Keywords :
computerised tomography; data visualisation; medical computing; mesh generation; surgery; virtual reality; VERS; VR technology; case study; computed tomography scans; custom surgical template; data segmentation; mesh generation; patient-specific mesh; preoperative visualization; reconstructive surgery; severe facial defect; soft tissue tumor; virtual environment; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Image reconstruction; NASA; Neoplasms; Plastics; Radiology; Space technology; Surgery; Virtual environment;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Visualization '98. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
ISSN :
1070-2385
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9176-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1998.745336
Filename :
745336
Link To Document :
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