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 video clip shows 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.
Related Publications
[1] Marco Agus, Enrico Gobbetti, Giovanni Pintore, Gianluigi Zanetti, and Antonio Zorcolo. Real-time Cataract Surgery Simulation for Training. In Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference. Eurographics Association, 2006.
Marco Agus, Fabio Bettio, Andrea Giachetti, Enrico Gobbetti, Gianluigi Zanetti, Antonio Zorcolo, Michele D'Anteo, Stefano Sellari Franceschini, and Simone Valori Real and Virtual Surgical Procedures on the Temporal Bone CRS4 Video n. 104 - Date: 10/2002 - Duration: 00:08:30
Presented at: IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, Conference held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 22-26, 2003.
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