title: Real-time visually and haptically accurate surgical simulation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Human Simulation, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Reinig
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Pelster
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Spitzer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Heath
mesh_terms: 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