Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach
Abstract Background Colonoscopy plays an important role in the clinical screening and management of colorectal cancer. The traditional ‘see one, do one, teach one’ training style for such invasive procedure is resource intensive and ineffective. Given that colonoscopy is difficult, and time-consumin...
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| author | Tingxi Wen David Medveczky Jackie Wu Jianhuang Wu |
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| description | Abstract Background Colonoscopy plays an important role in the clinical screening and management of colorectal cancer. The traditional ‘see one, do one, teach one’ training style for such invasive procedure is resource intensive and ineffective. Given that colonoscopy is difficult, and time-consuming to master, the use of virtual reality simulators to train gastroenterologists in colonoscopy operations offers a promising alternative. Methods In this paper, a realistic and real-time interactive simulator for training colonoscopy procedure is presented, which can even include polypectomy simulation. Our approach models the colonoscopy as thick flexible elastic rods with different resolutions which are dynamically adaptive to the curvature of the colon. More material characteristics of this deformable material are integrated into our discrete model to realistically simulate the behavior of the colonoscope. Conclusion We present a simulator for training colonoscopy procedure. In addition, we propose a set of key aspects of our simulator that give fast, high fidelity feedback to trainees. We also conducted an initial validation of this colonoscopic simulator to determine its clinical utility and efficacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c36a3cdf88340d28ebdd6b5986bc7512022-12-21T20:00:15ZengBMCBioMedical Engineering OnLine1475-925X2018-01-0117111510.1186/s12938-018-0433-4Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approachTingxi Wen0David Medveczky1Jackie Wu2Jianhuang Wu3Software School, Xiamen UniversitySchool of Medicine, Western Sydney UniversitySchool of Medicine, Western Sydney UniversityShenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of SciencesAbstract Background Colonoscopy plays an important role in the clinical screening and management of colorectal cancer. The traditional ‘see one, do one, teach one’ training style for such invasive procedure is resource intensive and ineffective. Given that colonoscopy is difficult, and time-consuming to master, the use of virtual reality simulators to train gastroenterologists in colonoscopy operations offers a promising alternative. Methods In this paper, a realistic and real-time interactive simulator for training colonoscopy procedure is presented, which can even include polypectomy simulation. Our approach models the colonoscopy as thick flexible elastic rods with different resolutions which are dynamically adaptive to the curvature of the colon. More material characteristics of this deformable material are integrated into our discrete model to realistically simulate the behavior of the colonoscope. Conclusion We present a simulator for training colonoscopy procedure. In addition, we propose a set of key aspects of our simulator that give fast, high fidelity feedback to trainees. We also conducted an initial validation of this colonoscopic simulator to determine its clinical utility and efficacy.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-018-0433-4ColonoscopySimulatorVirtual realityElastic rod modelInteractive training |
| spellingShingle | Tingxi Wen David Medveczky Jackie Wu Jianhuang Wu Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach BioMedical Engineering OnLine Colonoscopy Simulator Virtual reality Elastic rod model Interactive training |
| title | Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach |
| title_full | Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach |
| title_fullStr | Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach |
| title_short | Colonoscopy procedure simulation: virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach |
| title_sort | colonoscopy procedure simulation virtual reality training based on a real time computational approach |
| topic | Colonoscopy Simulator Virtual reality Elastic rod model Interactive training |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-018-0433-4 |
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