A VR simulator for intracardiac intervention

• Main Authors: Chiang, Patricia, Zheng, Jianmin, Yu, You, Mak, Koon Hou, Chui, Chee Kong, Cai, Yiyu
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Computer-aided engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107359; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18153
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A VR simulator provides low-cost, realistic training for intracardiac techniques for determining the heart's mechanical and electrical activities. A geometric method models interaction between a catheter and the heart wall. Boundary-enhanced voxelization accelerates detection of catheter-heart interaction. A tactile interface incorporates a VR catheter unit to track the catheter's movement.