| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R41033/01 |
| Title: |
Deformable Models with Realistic Force Feedback for Quantative Assessment of Surgical Skills. |
| Principal Investigator: |
Bello, Professor F |
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Dept of Medicine |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
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Fast Stream |
| Starts: |
01 November 2001 |
Ends: |
31 October 2004 |
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66,726
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Technical ability is an important part of overall competence in surgery. !n recent years there has been an increase in peer and public scrutiny of surgical performance. As a result, there has been increased attention to skills training and assessment within surgical residency programs, but most of the assessment done to date is highly subjective. This has highlighted the need for a more quantitative and objective way of measuring a surgeon's dexterity.We propose to develop a training and assessment platform capable of objectively quantifying surgical skills. To achieve this, we will develop and validate deformable models of soft tissue with faithful haptic feedback. These models will be used to simulate the mechanical and physiological behaviour as welt as the visual appearance of organs during basic and key steps in an intervention. Quantitative measures of surgical skills will be defined and computed during each training session. These wilt be used to assess overall performance and specific skills.The developed system wilt also address fundamental research issues in virtual reality such as achievement of acceptable update rates of solid nonlinear deformable objects, realistic force feedback based on estimated physical parameters, fast detection of geometric contact and efficient handling of model interaction.
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