Real-time visually and haptically accurate surgical simulation.
The Visible Human Database provides a complete submillimeter photographic and radiological description of both a male and a female cadaver. The Center for Human Simulation has developed real-time algorithms that allow a user to wield a virtual scalpel and produce arbitrary cuts into the reconstructed body. Real-time interaction is achieved by producing the appropriate texture mapped surfaces directly from the Visible Human Database. We are currently combining a 3 degree of freedom PHANToM haptic device (SensAble Devices) with our surgical cutting algorithms to produce a system with the look and feel of surgical cutting.
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Center for Human Simulation, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
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D019412:Anatomy, Cross-Sectional; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008297:Male; D014110:Touch; D014584:User-Computer Interface