Real-time Cataract Surgery Simulation for Training
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2006
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
Cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens, normally due to natural aging changes, and involving at least half of the population over 65 years. Cataract extraction is the only solution for restoring a clear vision, and nowadays is probably the most frequently practiced surgical procedure. This paper describes a novel virtual reality simulation system for cataract surgery training, involving the capsulorhexis and phacoemulsification tasks. The simulator runs on a multiprocessing PC platform and provides realistic physically-based visual simulations of tools interactions. The current setup employs SensAble PHANToM for simulating the interaction devices, and a binocular display for presenting images to the user.
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@inproceedings{:10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalianChapConf2006/183-187,
booktitle = {4th Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference},
editor = {S. Battiato and G. Gallo and F. Stanco},
title = {{Real-time Cataract Surgery Simulation for Training}},
author = {Agus, M. and Gobbetti, E. and Pintore, G. and Zanetti, G. and Zorcolo, A.},
year = {2006},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {3-905673-58-4},
DOI = {/10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/ItalianChapConf2006/183-187}
}