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

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的重点是开发一个通用的方法，以模拟工具的组织相互作用的各种手术培训方案，满足许多选区的培训需求的目标。开放式手术仿真的关键是工具组织操纵的精确机械行为和实时交互性。用户体验必须反映现实生活中的活动。所提出的方法将通过结合广泛使用的计算力学模拟代码和游戏物理代码来实现这一点，以产生一个培训系统，该系统可以产生准确和交互式的手术模拟体验。总体目标是开发一种通用方法来模拟工具组织相互作用，用于满足许多选区的培训需求的各种外科培训场景。再加上开放切口手术的广泛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求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。该技术的潜在买家将包括医学院、医疗模拟中心和医院。技术密集型开放性外科手术的模拟使用将具有提高手术训练质量的效果，从而改善和规范手术实践并减少错误。

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.