Title :
Real-time simulation of blood vessels and connective tissue for microvascular anastomosis training
Author :
Sismanidis, Evangelos
Author_Institution :
Heidelberg Univ., Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract :
The following article presents an application for the real-time simulation of blood vessels and connective tissue. The focus lies on collision handling between vessels. The stability of the methods is demonstrated by pulling two vessels together.
Keywords :
blood vessels; medical computing; surgery; blood vessels; collision handling; connective tissue; microvascular anastomosis training; real-time simulation; Computational modeling; Deformable models; Real time systems; Solid modeling; Surgery; Visualization; I.3.5 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]: Computational Geometry and Object Modeling — Physically based modeling; I.3.7 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism — Animation;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality Short Papers and Posters (VRW), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Costa Mesa, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1247-9
DOI :
10.1109/VR.2012.6180906
