Title :
Development of a virtual reality surgical platform for unicompartmental knee replacement
Author :
Ting, Y. ; Lin, S.-D. ; Chen, C.H. ; Lee, S.S. ; Chang, Y.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan
Abstract :
A virtual reality (VR) surgical training platform for unicompartmental knee replacement is developed in his study. The platform is constructed with VR software employed on PC-based system and connected with a low-cost manual manipulator. The primary components in the VR include soft tissue and skeletal tissue of the knee as well as various surgical tools such asscapels, cutting jig, drill, and oscillating saw, and so on. The manipulator provides 6-DOF motion and 3-DOF force measurements. During manipulation, all measurement data is displayed via a monitoring interface on the screen. Besides, an evaluation system with different assessment method for each surgical process is built for training purpose.
Keywords :
digital simulation; force measurement; learning (artificial intelligence); manipulators; medical robotics; position measurement; virtual reality; 3 DOF force measurements; 6 DOF motion measurements; 6 degree of freedom; PC based system; asscapels; assessment method; cutting jig; digital simulation; interface monitoring; manual manipulator; measurement data; oscillating saw; skeletal tissue; soft tissue; surgical process; surgical tools; unicompartmental knee replacement; virtual reality software; virtual reality surgical training platform; Force measurement; Force sensors; Haptic interfaces; Inspection; Knee; Military computing; Solid modeling; Strain measurement; Surgery; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7952-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244337
