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Virtual reality based training systems for surgery, have recently shown great potential as an alternative to traditional training methods. In neurosurgery, state of art training devices is limited to a few examples. They are based either on traditional displays or head-mounted displays. The aim of this research is the development of the first virtual reality training system for neurosurgical interventions based on a real surgical microscope for a better visual and ergonomic realism. The simulation takes advantage of an accurate tissue modeling, a force feedback device and a rendering of the virtual scene directly to the oculars of the operating microscope. A prototype of a stereoscopic Augmented Reality microscope for intra-operative presentation of preoperative three-dimensional data has been realized in our laboratory. We are reusing the image injection component of this existing platform developing a training system for educational and preoperative purposes based on virtual organs reconstructed from real patients’ images.
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De Mauro, A., Raczkowsky, J., Wirtz, R., Wörn, H. (2008). Development of a Microscope Embedded Training System for Neurosurgery. In: Bello, F., Edwards, P.J.E. (eds) Biomedical Simulation. ISBMS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5104. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70521-5_24
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