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Published on: December 23, 2014
Training environment for inferior vena caval filter placement
J K Hahn1, R Kaufman, A B Winick
1Laboratory for Advanced Computer Applications in Medicine, Institute for Computer Graphics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. hahn@seas.gwu.edu
Abstract:
This paper describes a Virtual Environment system designed to aid in training interventional radiologists in inferior vena cava filter placement. It is being developed as part of a VE simulator for a number of surgical and interventional radiology procedures at the Laboratory for Advanced Computer Applications in Medicine at the George Washington University. In this procedure a filter is placed in the inferior vena cava to prevent blood clots from the lower portion of the body from reaching the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolus. The simulation is designed to provide both tutorial and testing modes for the filter placement procedure.
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