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A virtual reality simulator for bone marrow harvest for pediatric transplant
L S Machado1, A N de Mello, R D Lopes
1Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis, Universidade de São Paulo Av. Prof Luciano Gualberto, 158 travessa 3 Cidade Universitária São Paulo-SP, 05508-900. liliane@lsi.usp.br
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|April 27, 2001
Abstract:
Bone marrow transplant is a relatively new procedure to treat recently considered incurable diseases. One important part of the procedure is the process of harvesting the donor bone marrow. We are developing a virtual reality simulator for bone marrow harvest that integrates interactive stereo visualization and force feedback techniques. The main objective is to offer a low cost virtual reality system to boost current adopted training methodologies for bone marrow harvesting.