Tactile VR for hand–eye coordination in simulated PTCA

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a minimally invasive image-guided technique for treatment of coronary diseases. PTCA procedure requires physicians to have good skills of hand–eye coordination in performing the operation. Training of PTCA thus very much emphasizes skill build...

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Published inComputers in biology and medicine Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 167 - 180
Main Authors Cai, Y.Y., Chui, C.K., Ye, X.Z., Fan, Z., Anderson, J.H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2006
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Angioplasty
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - instrumentation
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - methods
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - statistics & numerical data
Cardiovascular disease
Catheters
Computer applications
Computer Simulation
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Hand–eye coordination
Health care
Humans
Image guided surgery
Medical imaging
Medical simulation
Medicine
Psychomotor Performance
Stents
Tactile and visual interfaces
User-Computer Interface
Virtual reality
Tactile and visual interfaces
Hand–eye coordination
Image-guided surgery
Medical simulation
Virtual reality
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Summary:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a minimally invasive image-guided technique for treatment of coronary diseases. PTCA procedure requires physicians to have good skills of hand–eye coordination in performing the operation. Training of PTCA thus very much emphasizes skill building for hand–eye coordination. We have been developing virtual reality (VR) technology for medical simulation. In this paper, we will address the issue of VR-based simulation for the enhancement of hand–eye coordination for PTCA operation. Starting from the characterization of PTCA procedure, we examine what roles VR can play in training of PTCA physicians. We then describe a computerized PTCA training system we have developed which is composed of a tactile interface and a visual interface. The system is designed in such a way that real PTCA devices (including catheters and guide-wires) can be used to mimic the requirements of the CathLab. The backend computational engine supporting the real-time and realistic PTCA simulation is also presented.
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ISSN:0010-4825
1879-0534
DOI:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2004.10.002