Real-Time Ultrasound Imaging Simulation

This paper introduces UltraSim, a computer-based interactive simulator device designed to train physicians and technicians in medical diagnosis using ultrasound systems. Students using the system are able to learn how to identify and diagnose a wide range of medical cases by operating a simulated ultrasound machine on a mannequin, without any need for actual patients. This application relates to the field of training personnel to work with expensive machines which require proficiency in eye–hand coordination; a field in which mistakes are very costly. These training systems enable trainees to practice the real life operation of complex systems without using the actual systems. Using the training systems saves expensive actual system time and provides training without putting anyone at risk.