IRES: Track 1: International Research Experiences in Design of Next Generation VR Simulation based Training Approaches for Orthopedic Surgery

IRES：轨道 1：下一代基于 VR 模拟的骨科手术培训方法设计的国际研究经验

基本信息

批准号：
2106901
负责人：
Joe Cecil
金额：
$ 30.08万
依托单位：
Oklahoma State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-06-01 至 2024-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106901&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
IRES Track International Research Experiences

项目摘要

The overall goal of this international project is to provide meaningful research experiences to a new generation of U.S. engineers and scientists in the design of Virtual Reality (VR) and haptic (touch) based environments to train medical residents in orthopedic surgery. Useful research experiences provided to our undergraduate and graduate students will prepare them to contribute to this important emerging area involving medicine/healthcare as well as provide them opportunities to become leaders in this growing field. The uniqueness of the research methods to be explored involves creating 3D computer based approaches and tools, which will enable medical residents to be better trained while reducing the need for them to be trained using small animals or on cadavers. The technology outcomes of this project will be 3D cyber tools which will prepare our residents and budding surgeons to be better trained in surgery; this in turn will enable them to serve the healthcare needs of our public. This international project deals with cutting edge research issues with many engineering challenges and hold significant potential to impact health and medical applications. As breakthroughs in IT continue to revolutionize information centric practices, there is an ever increasing need for engineering and computer science students to be engaged in interdisciplinary research activities to create cyber intensive ‘smart health’ methods and tools to support medical training and related health care contexts. The research activities will include designing advanced 3D Virtual Reality environments (incorporating algorithm based surgical planning methods) which will allow residents to train immersively in complex orthopedic surgical procedures such as condylar plating, which is used to treat fractures of the femur. Another thrust is designing a haptic based approach to allow the residents to obtain a natural feel for drilling bones and related tasks virtually as part of a simulation based training process within this orthopedic surgical procedure. Such training approaches will enable these residents to be better trained without using cadavers and small animals. The adoption of such smart health approaches has the potential to bring down medical education costs as well as improve the level of surgical skills. As these cyber-intensive approaches become more commonplace, there will be a greater need to encourage more students to pursue such interdisciplinary careers that overlap medicine, engineering and computing. Through this project, our students will be exposed to leading research environments (in a technological advanced country such as Germany). Such experiences will enable our undergraduate and graduate students to become global leaders in smart health and related areas. This in turn will help our nation continue its leadership in cyber and smart health industries, which in turn will have a positive impact on our nation’s economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该国际项目的总体目标是为新一代的美国工程师和科学家提供有意义的研究经验，以设计虚拟现实（VR）和基于触觉的（触摸）环境，以培训骨科手术的医疗居民。提供给我们的本科生和研究生的有用研究经验将为他们做好准备，以为涉及医学/医疗保健的这一重要新兴领域做出贡献，并为他们提供了成为这个不断增长领域的领导者的机会。要探索的研究方法的独特性包括创建基于3D计算机的方法和工具，这将使医疗居民能够得到更好的培训，同时减少使用小动物或尸体对其进行训练的需求。该项目的技术成果将是3D网络工具，这将使我们的居民和崭露头角的外科医生在手术中接受更好的培训。反过来，这将使他们能够满足我们公众的医疗保健需求。该国际项目涉及许多工程挑战的尖端研究问题，并具有影响健康和医疗应用的巨大潜力。随着它的突破继续彻底改变了以信息为中心的实践，工程学和计算机科学专业的学生越来越需要从事跨学科研究活动，以创建网络密集的“智能健康”方法和工具，以支持医疗培训和相关的医疗保健环境。研究活动将包括设计先进的3D虚拟现实环境（合并基于算法的外科手术计划方法），该环境将使居民能够在复杂的骨科手术过程中沉浸式训练，例如Condylar Plating，该手术用于治疗股骨的裂缝。另一个推力是设计一种基于触觉的方法，以使居民几乎可以在此骨科手术程序中获得基于模拟的训练过程的一部分来获得钻孔和相关任务的自然感觉。这种训练方法将使这些居民在不使用尸体和小动物的情况下进行更好的训练。采用这种智能健康方法有可能降低医学教育成本，并提高手术技能水平。随着这些网络密集型方法变得越来越普遍，将有更多需要鼓励更多的学生从事与医学，工程和计算重叠的跨学科职业。通过这个项目，我们的学生将接触到领先的研究环境（在德国等技术高级国家中）。这样的经历将使我们的本科生和研究生能够成为智能健康和相关领域的全球领导者。反过来，这将有助于我们的国家继续其在网络和智能保健行业中的领导地位，这反过来又将对我们国家的经济产生积极的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估审查标准来评估，被认为是宝贵的支持。