A Volumetric Virtual Environment for Catheter Insertion Simulation
Abstract
We present an experimental catheter insertion simulation system that provides users co-registered haptic and head-tracked stereoscopic visual feedback. The system works on patient-specific volumetric data acquired using standard medical imaging modalities. The actual needle insertion operation is simulated for individual patients, rather than being an example of a model surgical procedure on standard anatomy. Patient specific features may thus be studied in detail by the trainees, overcoming one of the major limitations of current training techniques.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {10.2312:EGVE:EGVE00:125-134,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments},
editor = {J. D. Mulder and R. van Liere},
title = {{A Volumetric Virtual Environment for Catheter Insertion Simulation}},
author = {Zorcolo, Antonio and Gobbetti, Enrico and Zanetti, Gianluigi and Tuveri, Massimiliano},
year = {2000},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1727-530X},
ISBN = {3-211-83516-4},
DOI = {10.2312/EGVE/EGVE00/125-134}
}
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Environments},
editor = {J. D. Mulder and R. van Liere},
title = {{A Volumetric Virtual Environment for Catheter Insertion Simulation}},
author = {Zorcolo, Antonio and Gobbetti, Enrico and Zanetti, Gianluigi and Tuveri, Massimiliano},
year = {2000},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1727-530X},
ISBN = {3-211-83516-4},
DOI = {10.2312/EGVE/EGVE00/125-134}
}