title: On the Design of an Interactive, Patient-Specific Surgical Simulator for Mitral Valve Repair.
abstract: Surgical repair of the mitral valve is a difficult procedure that is often avoided in favor of less effective valve replacement because of the associated technical challenges facing non-expert surgeons. In the interest of increasing the rate of valve repair, an accurate, interactive surgical simulator for mitral valve repair was developed. With a haptic interface, users can interact with a mechanical model during simulation to aid in the development of a surgical plan and then virtually implement the procedure to assess its efficacy. Sub-millimeter accuracy was achieved in a validation study, and the system was successfully used by a cardiac surgeon to repair three virtual pathological valves.
authors: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
authors: Neil A
authors: NA
authors: Tenenholtz
authors: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston.
authors: Peter E
authors: PE
authors: Hammer
authors: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Schneider
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston.
authors: Nikolay V
authors: NV
authors: Vasilyev
authors: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
authors: Robert D
authors: RD
authors: Howe