title: VR-based simulators for training in minimally invasive surgery.
abstract: Simulation-based training using VR techniques is a promising alternative to traditional training in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Simulators let the trainee touch, feel, and manipulate virtual tissues and organs through the same surgical tool handles used in actual MIS while viewing images of tool-tissue interactions on a monitor as in real laparoscopic procedures.
authors: Mechanical Engineering and Computational Sciences Department, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. cbasdogan@ku.edu.tr
authors: Cagatay
authors: C
authors: Basdogan
authors: Mert
authors: M
authors: Sedef
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Harders
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Wesarg
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D014584:User-Computer Interface