Development of a structured virtual reality curriculum for laparoscopic appendicectomy

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Teaching Structured Development of Virtual Reality Systems Using P-VoT

Learning to build and test virtual reality (VR) systems is difficult due to the many required knowledge (e.g. computer graphics, sound processing, simulation, interaction, etc.) and subsystems to worry about (e.g. various sensors, displays, computers, graphics board, etc.). Furthermore, virtual reality contents have to be optimized according to different goals such as its basic function, usabil...

A Study of Open Versus Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Background:Appendicectomy has been the treatment of choice for acute appendicitis. Since advent Laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) has struggled to prove its superiority over the open technique. This is in contrast to laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which has promptly become the gold standard for gallstone disease. Open appendicectomy (OA) has withstood the test of time for more than a century. The...

Virtual Reality / Computer Simulations Curriculum Enhancement

This report was written with support from the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum (NCAC), a cooperative agreement between CAST and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Cooperative Agreement No. H324H990004. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Speci...

VSOne, a virtual reality simulator for laparoscopic surgery.

The introduction of computer-based training systems for laparoscopic surgery has increased the training quality and made the learning effect measurable with objective criteria. This paper introduces VSOne as a fully-featured virtual reality training system for laparoscopic surgery. VSOne utilizes the state-of-the-art in virtual reality techniques, soft tissue simulation and haptic device contro...