Collaborative Research: US IGNITE: EAGER: Exploring Ultrafast Networks for Training Surgeons Using virtual-Reality Based Environments

合作研究：US IGNITE：EAGER：探索使用基于虚拟现实的环境培训外科医生的超快网络

• 批准号: 1257482
• 负责人: Parameswaran Ramanathan
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1257482&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; US; IGNITE; EAGER

This project will develop and demonstrate new virtual reality based applications for training medical residents and doctors in microsurgical techniques using the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) infrastructure and capabilities. The microsurgical virtual environment will enable students to learn the appropriate way of handling the soft tissues and developing the needed surgical skills needed to become competent micro surgeons. Currently, surgical training is usually limited face-to-face situations where the expert surgeon and the trainees are in the same room performing intricate procedures, typically on cadavers. Since the experts in microsurgical techniques are not available in most parts of the country, such training is not readily available to many medical students. The new virtual reality based surgical training application will address this challenge by eliminating the need for the experts and the trainees to be co-located. The GENI-enabled ultra-fast networking capabilities will be exploited to demonstrate a breakthrough application where a microsurgical expert in El Paso, Texas will teach medical residents in Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The application will exploit cloud-based framework to allow other sites to be easily integrated into the system so that trainees at many distributed locations can be trained simultaneously.Broader Impact:The ability to provide specialized surgical training to students in distributed locations through a virtual reality environment can revolutionize medical education outside of major centers of excellence. The project will address issues of access to specialized health care by providing specialist training and access to higher education without geographical limitations. This project also lays the foundation for more significant telemedicine applications in which doctors offer healthcare services including surgical and non surgical consultations which can include consultations with peer doctors and/or patients at distant locations.

该项目将开发并演示基于虚拟现实的新应用程序，利用全球网络创新环境 (GENI) 基础设施和功能，对住院医师和医生进行显微外科技术培训。显微外科虚拟环境将使学生能够学习处理软组织的适当方法，并培养成为合格的显微外科医生所需的外科技能。 目前，外科手术培训通常仅限于面对面的情况，即专家外科医生和学员在同一个房间内执行复杂的手术，通常是在尸体上。由于该国大部分地区都没有显微外科技术专家，因此许多医学生很难接受此类培训。新的基于虚拟现实的外科培训应用程序将消除专家和学员共处一地的需要，从而解决这一挑战。 GENI 支持的超高速网络功能将被用来展示一项突破性应用，德克萨斯州埃尔帕索的显微外科专家将向俄克拉荷马州和威斯康星州的住院医师进行授课。该应用程序将利用基于云的框架，允许其他站点轻松集成到系统中，以便可以同时培训许多分布式地点的学员。更广泛的影响：能够通过虚拟现实为分布式地点的学生提供专门的外科培训环境可以彻底改变主要卓越中心之外的医学教育。 该项目将通过提供不受地域限制的专业培训和高等教育机会来解决获得专门医疗保健的问题。该项目还为更重要的远程医疗应用奠定了基础，其中医生提供医疗保健服务，包括手术和非手术咨询，其中可以包括与远方的同行医生和/或患者进行咨询。