• DocumentCode
    3139947
  • Title

    Implementing Sensor-Actor Networks with the Elastic Network Model for laparoscopic training

  • Author

    Chaczko, Zenon ; Chiu, C. J. ; Alqarni, Lulwah ; Almarwani, Amna

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng. & IT, Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    3-5 Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    526
  • Lastpage
    531
  • Abstract
    Sensor-Actor Networks (Sanets) is adaptable for surgical simulation contexts, to illustrate how the Elastic Network Model can be used for laparoscopic end-effector navigation through vital organs and other obstacles. The active modeling of agents as interactive components of a unified laparoscopic simulator seeks to emulate the medical environment as a virtual representation in the coordinated Sanet infrastructure. The combination of Sanet middleware framework paradigms towards a surgical knowledge-based conception demonstrates how Sanets can help to enhance medical education. The hybrid architecture of the training equipment enables the adaptation of elastic modeling techniques for effective advances in laparoscopic training exercises.
  • Keywords
    biological organs; biomedical education; computer aided instruction; computerised navigation; end effectors; knowledge based systems; medical computing; medical robotics; physiological models; surgery; virtual reality; Sanet middleware framework paradigm combination; Sanets; active agent modeling; coordinated Sanet infrastructure; elastic modeling technique adaptation; elastic network model; hybrid training equipment architecture; laparoscopic end-effector navigation; laparoscopic training exercises; medical education enhancement; medical environment; sensor-actor network implementation; surgical knowledge-based conception; surgical simulation; unified laparoscopic simulator; virtual representation; vital organs; Adaptation models; Data models; Laparoscopes; Medical diagnostic imaging; Sensors; Surgery; Training; Laparoscopic Training; Modelling and Simulation System; Sensor-Actor Networks (Sanet); Spring Tensor Model;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensing Technology (ICST), 2013 Seventh International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wellington
  • ISSN
    2156-8065
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5220-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSensT.2013.6727708
  • Filename
    6727708