The main goal of virtual reality based surgery simulators with haptic feedback is to provide an alternative to traditional training methods on animals, cadavers or real patients. ...
The construction of surgery simulators will be a key tool in the development and diffusion of minimally invasive surgery. Nowadays, most simulators are oriented to training surgeon...
This study presents a haptic simulator for learning palpation of aorta in cardiovascular surgery and performs quantitative evaluation in educational use through some user study. T...
This paper proposes methods to circumvent the need to attach physical markers to bones for anatomical referencing in computer-assisted orthopedic surgery. Using ultrasound, a bone...
Haydar Talib, Martin Andreas Styner, Tobias Rudolp...
We present a model-driven approach to the segmentation of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus boundaries. Based on computed tomography data of a patients head, our approach aims to ex...
Carsten Last, Simon Winkelbach, Friedrich M. Wahl,...