PreOp endoscopy simulator: from bronchoscopy to ureteroscopy.
The high cost of virtual reality simulators has posed a major obstacle to the widespread adoption of simulators for medical training. HT Medical broke through this cost barrier by developing the PreOp Flexible Bronchoscopy simulator, a realistic training simulation system that integrates force feedback, multimedia, and 3D graphics on a PC. We are currently extending the PreOp platform so that it can simulate other endoscopic procedures. This paper discusses our efforts to extend the platform to simulate flexible sigmoidoscopy and ureteroscopy.
Tasto
J L
JL
HT Medical Systems, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, USA.
Verstreken
K
K
Brown
J M
JM
Bauer
J J
JJ
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D012985:Software Design; D018666:Ureteroscopy; D014584:User-Computer Interface