A VR Simulator for Intracardiac Intervention

Author

Chiang, Patrick ; Jianmin Zheng ; You Yu ; Koon Hou Mak ; Chee Kong Chui ; Yiyu Cai

Author_Institution

Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

Volume

33

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2013

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

57

Abstract

A VR simulator provides low-cost, realistic training for intracardiac techniques for determining the heart´s mechanical and electrical activities. A geometric method models interaction between a catheter and the heart wall. Boundary-enhanced voxelization accelerates detection of catheter-heart interaction. A tactile interface incorporates a VR catheter unit to track the catheter´s movement.

Keywords

cardiology; haptic interfaces; medical diagnostic computing; virtual reality; VR simulator; boundary-enhanced voxelization; catheter movement; catheter-heart interaction; geometric method; heart electrical activity; heart mechanical activity; intracardiac intervention; intracardiac technique; tactile interface; virtual reality; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiology; Catheters; Computational modeling; Heart; Myocardium; Surface reconstruction; VIrtual reality; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiology; Catheters; Computational modeling; Heart; Myocardium; Surface reconstruction; VIrtual reality; catheter-heart interaction; computer graphics; intracardiac intervention; modeling; simulator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2012.47

Filename

6180152