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2000 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

A Volumetric Virtual Environment for Catheter Insertion Simulation

verfasst von : Antonio Zorcolo, Enrico Gobbetti, Gianluigi Zanetti, Massimiliano Tuveri

Erschienen in: Virtual Environments 2000

Verlag: Springer Vienna

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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.

Metadaten
Titel
A Volumetric Virtual Environment for Catheter Insertion Simulation
verfasst von
Antonio Zorcolo
Enrico Gobbetti
Gianluigi Zanetti
Massimiliano Tuveri
Copyright-Jahr
2000
Verlag
Springer Vienna
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6785-4_14

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