title: Training environment for inferior vena caval filter placement.
abstract: This paper describes a Virtual Environment system designed to aid in training interventional radiologists in inferior vena cava filter placement. It is being developed as part of a VE simulator for a number of surgical and interventional radiology procedures at the Laboratory for Advanced Computer Applications in Medicine at the George Washington University. In this procedure a filter is placed in the inferior vena cava to prevent blood clots from the lower portion of the body from reaching the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolus. The simulation is designed to provide both tutorial and testing modes for the filter placement procedure.
authors: Laboratory for Advanced Computer Applications in Medicine, Institute for Computer Graphics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. hahn@seas.gwu.edu
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: Hahn
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kaufman
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Winick
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Carleton
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Park
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Lindeman
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Oh
authors: N
authors: N
authors: al-Ghreimil
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Walsh
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Loew
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gerber
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sankar
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000193:education*; D013236:Stereognosis; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D016306:Vena Cava Filters