Transition of Surgical Simulation Techniques Involving Virtual Reality

Simulation and Virtual Reality in Surgical Education

R apid change is under way on several fronts in medicine and surgery. Advances in computing power have enabled continued growth in virtual reality, visualization, and simulation technologies. The ideal learning opportunities afforded by simulated and virtual environments have prompted their exploration as learning modalities for surgical education and training. Ongoing improvements in this tech...

Using Virtual Reality Techniques for the Simulation of Physics Experiments

Educational software has known significant evolution over the past few years due to the introduction of technologies such as multimedia and the World Wide Web. These innovations have significantly offered in the field of computer-based instruction, by providing the means for remote, interactive and intuitive applications. There are, however, some categories of applications such as Virtual Labor...

Virtual Reality Simulation: A Valuable Adjunct to Surgical Training

PC-based Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation for Orthognathic Surgery

Complex maxillofacial deformations continue to present challenges in analysis, planning and correction beyond modern technology. The purpose of this paper is to present a virtual reality environment for surgeons to perform virtual orthognathic surgical planning in three dimensions. A surgical planning system, “PC-based virtual reality surgical simulation for orthognathic surgery” (VRSSOS), cons...

Virtual Reality Interaction Techniques

This paper addresses the problems associated with interaction in immersive virtual reality and makes recommendations as to how best to deal with these problems, thereby producing a usable virtual reality interactive environment. Immersive virtual reality means that the users are immersed or contained inside the environment in which they are working. For example, they are able to turn their head...