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Tracking the movement of surgical tools in a virtual temporal bone dissection simulator

Marco Agus, Andrea Giachetti, Enrico Gobbetti, Gianluigi Zanetti, and Antonio Zorcolo

June 2003

Abstract

In this paper we present the current state of our research on simulation of temporal bone surgical procedures. We describe the results of tests performed on a virtual surgical training system for mid-dle ear surgery. The work is aimed to demonstrate how expert surgeons and trainees can effectively use the system for training and assessment purposes. Preliminary kinematic and dynamic analysis of simulated mastoidectomy sessions are presented. The simulation system used is characterized by a haptic component exploiting a bone-burr contact and erosion simulation model, a direct volume rendering module as well as a time-critical particle system to simulate secondary visual effects, such as bone debris accumulation, blooding, irrigation, and suction.

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Marco Agus, Andrea Giachetti, Enrico Gobbetti, Gianluigi Zanetti, and Antonio Zorcolo. Tracking the movement of surgical tools in a virtual temporal bone dissection simulator. In Surgery Simulation and Soft Tissue Modeling. Pages 102-109, Springer Verlag, New York, NY, USA, June 2003.

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@InCollection{Agus:2003:TMS,
    author = {Marco Agus and Andrea Giachetti and Enrico Gobbetti and Gianluigi Zanetti and Antonio Zorcolo},
    title = {Tracking the movement of surgical tools in a virtual temporal bone dissection simulator},
    booktitle = {Surgery Simulation and Soft Tissue Modeling},
    series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
    pages = {102--109},
    publisher = {Springer Verlag},
    address = {New York, NY, USA},
    month = {June},
    year = {2003},
    abstract = { In this paper we present the current state of our research on simulation of temporal bone surgical procedures. We describe the results of tests performed on a virtual surgical training system for mid-dle ear surgery. The work is aimed to demonstrate how expert surgeons and trainees can effectively use the system for training and assessment purposes. Preliminary kinematic and dynamic analysis of simulated mastoidectomy sessions are presented. The simulation system used is characterized by a haptic component exploiting a bone-burr contact and erosion simulation model, a direct volume rendering module as well as a time-critical particle system to simulate secondary visual effects, such as bone debris accumulation, blooding, irrigation, and suction.},
    url = {http://vic.crs4.it/vic/cgi-bin/bib-page.cgi?id='Agus:2003:TMS'},
}