Virtual environment for training laparoscopic surgeries using robots

Author

Vera, David ; Vivas, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron., Univ. del Cauca, Popayan, Colombia

fYear

2013

fDate

April 29 2013-May 4 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This article shows a simulation environment in 3D for laparoscopic surgeries, using three virtual robots. Two of them are surgical robots and the third one is an endoscopic holder, designed at the University of Cauca. These three robots are manipulated by two joysticks. The system permits the user to see the movement of the surgical robots in the abdominal cavity and the organs involved in a laparoscopic surgery. The obtained environment constitutes a starting point for future surgical simulator.

Keywords

biological organs; endoscopes; interactive devices; manipulators; medical robotics; motion control; surgery; virtual reality; 3D laparoscopic surgeries; abdominal cavity; endoscopic holder; joysticks; manipulators; organs; simulation environment; surgical robot movement; surgical simulator; training laparoscopic surgeries; virtual environment; virtual robots; Conferences; Couplings; IEEE catalog; Laparoscopes; Medical services; Robots; Visualization; Medical robotics; laparoscopic; surgical robots; virtual simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Health Care Exchanges (PAHCE), 2013 Pan American

Conference_Location

Medellin

ISSN

2327-8161

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6254-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAHCE.2013.6568238

Filename

6568238