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

尽管几乎所有医疗保健领域都取得了重大进步，但外科手术培训在 100 年来并未发生重大变化。目前，医学生在尸体上进行手术，这导致了许多问题：1）尸体价格昂贵，对于医学院来说，获得许可证、设施和维护实验室的费用是一个昂贵的选择。 2）它们是一次性的，身体的每个部位只能练习一次，所以如果出现错误，学生不能重新尝试手术。 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流的死亡组织环境中。这意味着它们的功能仅限于熟悉解剖结构和一些整形外科手术。 FundamentalVR 致力于使用现成的硬件创建创新、经济且交互式的 VR 解决方案，为医学生学习和练习各种外科手术提供综合平台。该系统还可以无限次使用，供学员重复手术、评估表现并突出学员需要改进的领域。

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.