title: SML: SoFMIS Meta Language for surgical simulation.
abstract: Developing a surgical simulation is a very complex task, requiring various components and usually the involvement of multiple people. As the complexity of the simulator increases, the functionality and the functional semantics of the components become very challenging to manage. In order to mitigate these issues, in this work we introduce a novel language that facilitates the development of surgical simulations and also supports semantic embedding in the surgical simulation development without extra programming effort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
authors.forename: Tansel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Halic
authors.forename: Suvranu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000193:education*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface