A national center for biocomputation: in search of a patient-specific interactive virtual surgery workbench.
This report describes the three-dimensional imaging and virtual environment technologies developed in NASA's Biocomputation Center for scientific purposes that have now led to applications in the field of medicine. A major goal is to develop a virtual environment surgery workbench for planning complex craniofacial and breast reconstructive surgery, and for training surgeons.
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NASA Ames Biocomputation Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, USA.
Montgomery
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Linton
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Cheng
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Smith
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D012984:Software; D018581:Technology Transfer; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration