Title :
A distributed, collaborative and haptic-enabled eye cataract surgery application with a user interface on desktop, stereo desktop and immersive displays
Author :
Hamam, Abdelwahab ; Nourian, Saeid ; El-Far, N.R. ; Malric, Francois ; Shen, Xiaojun ; Georganas, Nicolas D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
In this paper, we discuss the technologies and approaches utilized in developing a cataract eye surgery simulation that will be used for training novice surgeons. The three different techniques described in this paper, are all hapto-visual techniques that resulted in three different implementations of the application: 2D simulation, 3D immersive simulation, and completely immersive simulation. The paper begins with an introduction and a general overview of the medical procedure of the cataract surgery. Then an overview of the eye and surgical tools modeling is given. Following that, the architecture and technology of each of the three design techniques is given. Finally the paper concludes with future work to improve the application
Keywords :
computer based training; computer displays; digital simulation; diseases; groupware; medical computing; surgery; user interfaces; 2D simulation; 3D immersive simulation; CAVElib; DIVINE System; OpenSceneGraph; Reachin; VRJuggler; cataract eye surgery simulation; cave automatic virtual environment; distributed collaborative haptic-enabled eye cataract surgery application; graphical user interface; hapto-visual techniques; immersive displays; immersive haptic application; immersive projection technology; physics engine; software engineering; stereo desktop; surgeon training; surgical simulation; surgical tool modeling; telesurgery; virtual reality; Collaborative work; Cornea; Displays; Haptic interfaces; International collaboration; Lenses; Medical simulation; Surgery; User interfaces; Virtual environment;
Conference_Titel :
Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, 2006. HAVE 2006. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0760-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0761-3
DOI :
10.1109/HAVE.2006.283773
