Development of Laparoscopic Surgery Training System Using VR Technology

It is well known that surgeons are required to learn many skills and to take many medical training for diagnosis and surgery. Traditionally, the medical doctors have been learned from the anatomy of patients, dead body, animals and simple abdomen. In recent years, medical training system based on the VR (Virtual Reality) technologies became popular for remarkable development of the computer and graphic technologies. In our laboratories, we have developed surgical simulators for medical training such as central venous catheter placement, lumbar puncture, incision and laparoscopic surgery using VR technologies. We have also developed spectral endoscopes cooperation with Fujinon co.ltd. and laparoscopic surgery support systems by using image projected onto the abdomen. In this paper, these developed surgical simulator and a new endoscopes are introduced and some clinical applications are presented.