title: The Surgical Simulation and Training Markup Language (SSTML): an XML-based language for medical simulation.
abstract: Under contract with the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Energid Technologies is developing a new XML-based language for describing surgical training exercises, the Surgical Simulation and Training Markup Language (SSTML). SSTML must represent everything from organ models (including tissue properties) to surgical procedures. SSTML is an open language (i.e., freely downloadable) that defines surgical training data through an XML schema. This article focuses on the data representation of the surgical procedures and organ modeling, as they highlight the need for a standard language and illustrate the features of SSTML. Integration of SSTML with software is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Energid Technologies Corporation, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. jab@energid.com
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tardella
authors.forename: Janey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: English
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011381:Programming Languages; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States