Medicine Meets Virtual Reality

The Convergence of Physical and Informational Technologies: Options for a New Era in Health Care

J.D. Westwood, H.M. Hoffman, R.A. Robb, James D. Westwood, Helene M. Hoffman, Richard A. Robb, D. Stredney

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9789051994452
• eBook ISBN: 9781607509066
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Bioinformatics
• Index: Computer Science

MMVR offers solutions for problems in clinical care through the phenomenally expanding potential of computer technology. Computer-based tools promise to improve healthcare while reducing cost – a vital requirement in today's economic environment. This seventh annual MMVR focuses on the healthcare needs of women. Women every where demand more attention to breast cancer, cervical cancer, ageing-related conditions. Electronic tools provide the means to revolutionise diagnosis, treatment and education. The book demonstrates what new tools can improve the care of their female patients. As minimally invasive procedures are mainstreamed, advanced imaging and robotics tools become indispensable. The internet and other networks establish new venues for communication and research. Medical education, as well as clinical care, is enhanced by systems allowing instruction and professional interaction in ways never before possible and with efficiency never before achieved. Telemedicine networks now permit providers to meet patients needs where previously impossible. MMVR strengthens the link between healthcare providers and their patients. The volume contains selected papers authored by presenters at the conference. Areas of focus include Computer-Assisted Surgery, Data Fusion & Informatics, Diagnostic Tools, Education & Training, Mental Health, Modelling, Net Architecture, Robotics, Simulation, Telemedicine, Telepresence and Visualisation.

Table of contents

• Title page
• Preface
• Contents
• Telepathology in Neurosurgery
• A System for the Simulation and Planning of Orthodontic Treatment using a Low Cost 3D Laser Scanner for Dental Anatomy Capturing
• The Use of an Information Architecture Modeling Tool in the Development of Disease Management Systems
• Deformation Simulation Algorithms of Elastic Tissues in "Real-Time" Based in Elasticity Theory
• Anatomical and Physiological Models for Surgical Simulation
• Automatic modeling of knee joint motion for the Virtual Reality Dynamic Anatomy (VRDA) tool
• CathSim
• Simulation of Tissue Cutting and Bleeding for Laparoscopic Surgery Using Auxiliary Surfaces
• An Improved Stereotactic Technique for Cyst Cannulation
• A Virtual Instrument Ergonomics Workstation To Measure Surgeons' Physical Stress
• Fast Finite Element Modeling for Surgical Simulation
• Defining The Role Of Haptic Feedback In Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Haptic rendering of isosurfaces directly from medical images
• Realtime Simulation of Tissue Deformation for the Nasal Endoscopy Simulator (NES)
• Preop™ Endoscopic Simulator: A PC-Based Immersive Training System for Bronchoscopy
• Hierarchical Decomposition of Laparoscopic Procedures
• Virtual Reality: A Wholistic Approach to Rehabilitation
• Thin Walled Models for Haptic and Graphical Rendering of Soft Tissues in Surgical Simulations
• Efficient Linear Elastic Models of Soft Tissues for real-time surgery simulation
• Stereo Augmented Reality in the Surgical Microscope
• A New Hybrid Renderer for Virtual Bronchoscopy
• Visual Clues In Minimally Invasive Surgery: Use Of 2-D Versus 6-D Enhanced Performance of Complex Minimally Invasive Complex Skills
• Evaluation of Skill Acquisition Using a Force Feedback, Virtual Reality Based Surgical Trainer
• An intelligent, interactive platform for ophthalmic teaching, telemedicine, and telecollaboration: Design considerations and prototype construction
• Interactive Navigation and Bronchial Tube Tracking in Virtual Bronchoscopy
• Anatomic VisualizeR: Realizing the Vision of a VR-based Learning Environment
• Some Virtual Reality and Telemedicine Applications Useful for Long-Duration Spaceflight from a Systems Engineering Perspective
• Presence as an Emotional Experience
• Gaze Patterns in Laparoscopic Surgery
• Virtual endoscopy using Surface Rendering and Perspective Volume Rendering
• Teleimmersion for the Doctor's Office
• Telepresence Surgery System Enhances Medical Student Surgery Training
• New Software Applications for Interchangeable Instrumentation in Spinal Stereotaxis
• Virtual Reality on the web: the potentials of different methodologies and visualization techniques for scientific research and medical education
• Planning of Skull Base Surgery in the Virtual Workbench: Clinical Experiences
• Knowledge Optimization®: Theory and Application to Point-of-Care Testing
• "KnowWare™: Virtual Reality Maps for Blind People
• Dynamic Volume Texture Mapping and Model Deformation for Visually Realistic Surgical Simulation
• Universal Interfacing System for Interactive Technologies in Telemedicine, Disabilities, Rehabilitation, and Education
• Virtual Hand Laboratory Meets Endoscopic Surgery
• Interactive Visualization of 3D Fields and Images on Inexpensive Workstations Using VRML
• Virtual Arthroscopy Training: Do the "Virtual Skills" Developed Match the Real Skills Required?
• BRAVO/TeleTrend: A Comprehensive WWW-based Neuromonitoring System for the Neurosurgery ICU
• Virtual 3D Cutting for Bone Segment Extraction in Maxillofacial Surgery Planning
• Immersive Surgical Robotic Interfaces
• PET Supports the Hypothesized Existence of a Male Sexual Brain Algorithm which may Respond to Treatment Combining Psychotherapy with Virtual Reality
• The Wearable Motherboard: A Flexible Information Infrastructure or Sensate Liner for Medical Applications
• Semi-Automated Analysis for MRI of Breast Tumors
• PC-based Telerehabilitation System with Force Feedback
• Digital Image Recording: An Integral Aspect of Video Endoscopy
• A Telementored Trans-Rectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy
• The Ergonomics of Virtual Reality: human factors in developing clinical-oriented virtual environments
• 3-D Position Measurement for Microsurgical Evaluation
• Surgeon-Tool Force/Torque Signatures -Evaluation of Surgical Skills in Minimally Invasive Surgery
• New Approaches to Virtual Environment Surgery
• Tests on Reliability of a Prostate Biopsy Telerobotic System
• Limitations of Distributed Segmentation for Three-Dimensional Radiological Modeling
• Laser 3-D Scanning for Surface Rendering in Biomedical Research and Education
• Interactive Volume Visualization Using "Intelligent Movies"
• An Interface for Precise and Comfortable 3D Work with Volumetric Medical Datasets
• A Portable Virtual Environment Knee Arthroscopy Training System with Objective Scoring
• Early Experience and Validation Work with Procedicus VA - The Prosolvia Virtual Reality Shoulder Arthroscopy Trainer
• Interactive Volume Visualizations for Synchronous and Asynchronous Remote Collaboration
• Virtual Reality Based Surgery Simulation for Endoscopic Gynaecology
• Development of a Robotic Navigation System for Neurosurgery
• CathSim™: An Intravascular Catheterization Simulator on a PC
• Virtual reality and women's health: A breast biopsy system
• CAREN—Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment
• A technique for very high accuracy image intensifier calibration
• Virtual Cutting of Anatomical Structures
• A Voice-Controlled Robotic Assistant for Neuroendoscopy
• The Correction of MR Images Distortion with Phantom Studies
• Prostate Biopsy Schemes: 3-D Visualization-based Evaluation
• Author Index