Training environment for inferior vena caval filter placement.
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.
Hahn
J K
JK
Laboratory for Advanced Computer Applications in Medicine, Institute for Computer Graphics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. hahn@seas.gwu.edu
Kaufman
R
R
Winick
A B
AB
Carleton
T
T
Park
Y
Y
Lindeman
R
R
Oh
K M
KM
al-Ghreimil
N
N
Walsh
R J
RJ
Loew
M
M
Gerber
J
J
Sankar
S
S
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