SBIR Phase I: Combined physics solutions for accurate and interactive tool-tissue simulation for open surgery training

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的目标是开发一种通用的方法，用于各种外科培训场景的组织相互作用模拟工具，以满足许多受众的培训需求。开放式手术模拟的关键是具有实时交互的工具组织操作的准确的力学行为。用户体验必须反映真实的活动。提出的方法将通过将广泛使用的计算力学仿真代码和游戏物理代码相结合来产生一个既能产生准确的手术模拟体验又能产生交互式手术模拟体验的训练系统来实现这一点。总体目标是开发一种通用的方法来模拟各种外科培训场景中的工具组织相互作用，以满足许多支持者的培训需求。再加上开放手术的更广泛的使用和更大的模拟复杂性，监督手术培训和认证的专业组织正在寻找模拟来应对日益增长的挑战。这项研究开发的技术的用户将包括外科医生、外科学生和其他对人体进行物理干预的专业人员。这项技术的潜在买家将包括医学院、医学模拟中心和医院。将模拟用于技术密集型的开放式外科手术，将具有提高外科培训质量的效果，从而改善和规范外科实践，减少差错。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project focuses on the goal of developing a general approach to a simulation tool for tissue interaction for a variety of surgical training scenarios that meet the training needs of many constituencies. The key to open surgery simulation is accurate mechanical behavior of tool tissue manipulations with real-time interactivity. User experiences must reflect real-life activities. The proposed approach will achieve this by combining widely used computational mechanics simulation code and games physics code to produce a training system that can produce both accurate and interactive surgical simulation experiences. The overarching goal is to develop a general approach to simulating tool tissue interaction for a variety of surgical training scenarios that meet the training needs of many constituencies. Coupled with the broader use and greater simulation complexity of open incision surgery, professional organizations that oversee surgical training and certification are looking toward simulation to meet the increasing challenges. Users of the technology developed with this research will include surgeons, surgical students, and members of other professions that perform physical interventions on the human body. Potential buyers of the technology will include medical schools, medical simulation centers, and hospitals. The use of simulation for technology intensive open surgical procedures will have the effect of improving the quality of surgical training, thus improving and standardizing surgical practice and reducing errors.