title: Biopsym: a learning environment for trans-rectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsies.
abstract: This paper describes a learning environment for image-guided prostate biopsies for cancer diagnosis; it is based on an ultrasound probe simulator virtually exploring real datasets obtained from patients. The aim is to make the training of young physicians easier and faster with a tool that combines lectures, biopsy simulations and recommended exercises to master this medical gesture. It is designed particularly to help improve the acquisition of the three-dimensional representation of the prostate required for practicing biopsy sequences. The simulator uses haptic feedback to compute the position of the virtual probe from three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound recorded data. This paper presents the current version of this learning environment.
authors.affiliation: TIMC-IMAG Laboratory, UMR 5525 CNRS UJF, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janssoone
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chevreau
authors.forename: Lucile
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vadcard
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mozer
authors.forename: Jocelyne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Troccaz
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface