Mixed-Reality Simulation of Minimally Invasive Surgeries

Author

Lacey, Gerard ; Ryan, Donncha ; Cassidy, Derek ; Young, Derek

Author_Institution

Trinity Coll. Dublin, Dublin

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2007

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

87

Abstract

Our mixed-reality platform helps train surgeons in minimally invasive surgery and objectively assesses their performance. The platform uses multicamera stereo inside a patient manikin to measure the 3D positions of unmodified surgical instruments. It uses this information to drive a mixed-reality, computer-mediated learning system and provide objective measures of surgical skill.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer based training; computer vision; medical computing; stereo image processing; surgery; virtual reality; 3D position measurement; computer-mediated learning system; minimally invasive surgery; mixed-reality simulation; multicamera stereo; objective performance assessment; patient manikin; surgeon training; surgical instruments; surgical skill measure; Abdomen; Cameras; Discrete event simulation; Feeds; Laparoscopes; Layout; Minimally invasive surgery; Surges; Surgical instruments; Virtual reality; Augmented reality; and psychomotor skills assessment.; surgical training; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMUL.2007.79

Filename

4354160