FundamentalVR: A surgery simulation training platform utilising innovative haptic feedback and advanced VR modelling

尽管在医疗保健的几乎所有领域都取得了重大进展，但外科培训在100年内并没有显著改变。目前，医科学生在尸体上进行手术，这带来了许多问题：1)尸体很贵，对医学院来说，拥有执照、设备和维护实验室的成本都很昂贵。2)它们是一次性的，身体的每个部位只能练习一次，所以如果犯了错误，学生不能再尝试手术。3)它们的范围有限，活体手术无法进行，因为它们存在于没有血液流动的死组织环境中。这意味着它们的功能仅限于解剖学上的熟悉和一些骨科手术。FundamentalVR寻求使用现成的硬件创建一个创新的，负担得起的交互式VR解决方案，为医学生提供一个学习和实践各种外科手术的综合平台。该系统还可以无限次使用，让学员重复手术，评估表现，并突出学员需要改进的地方。

Surgical training has not significantly changed in 100 years despite significant advances in nearly all areas of healthcare. Currently, medical students practise surgeries on cadavers, which causes a number of problems: 1) Cadavers are expensive, the cost of having the license, the facilities and maintaining the labs is an expensive option for medical schools. 2) They are single-use, each part of the body can only be practiced on once so if mistakes are made, students cannot reattempt the surgery. 3) They are limited in scope, live procedures cannot be practiced as they exist in a dead tissue environment with no blood flow. This means their functionality is limited to anatomical familiarity and a few orthopaedic surgeries. FundamentalVR seek to create an innovative, affordable & interactive VR solution using off-the-shelf hardware that will provide a comprehensive platform for medical students to learn and practice a variety of surgical procedures. The system can also be used unlimited times for students to repeat surgeries, assess performance and highlight areas for improvement of the trainee.