Utilizing desktop virtual reality to enhance visualization: applied projects from the Department of Computer Graphics

Mastery of lateral skull base (LSB) surgery requires thorough knowledge of complex, 3-dimensional (3D) microanatomy and techniques. While supervised operation under binocular microscopy remains the training gold standard, concerns over operative time and patient safety often limit novice surgeons’ stereoscopic exposure. Furthermore, most alternative educational resources cannot meet this need. Here we present proof of concept for a tool that combines 3D-operative video with an interactive, stereotactic teaching environment. Stereoscopic video was recorded with a microscope during translabyrinthine approaches for vestibular schwannoma. Digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) temporal bone computed tomography images were segmented using 3D-Slicer. Files were rendered using a game engine software built for desktop virtual reality. The resulting simulation was an interactive immersion combining a 3D operative perspective from the lead surgeon’s chair with virtual reality temporal bone models capable of hands-on manipulation, label toggling, and transparency modification. This novel tool may alter LSB training paradigms.

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Analysis on the current condition of virtual reality and computer graphics and the applications on the digital media interaction

2016 International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT) ◽

10.1109/inventive.2016.7823249 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Pengkun Wu

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Computer Graphics ◽

Digital Media ◽

Media Interaction

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Research on Desktop Virtual Reality in Genetic of Bacteria and Viruses

2010 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering ◽

10.1109/cise.2010.5677211 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

LiPing Wang ◽

JiuHong Wei ◽

DongMei Yan ◽

YouWei Wang

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Desktop Virtual Reality

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Research of Technology of Virtual Building and Scene Roaming by Visual Basic

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.490-495.2333 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 490-495 ◽

pp. 2333-2336

Author(s):

Man Yu Zhang ◽

Wei Min Zhao

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Computer Graphics ◽

Computer Technology ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Visual Basic ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Virtual Scene ◽

Dimensional Simulation

Recently, the computer technology, especially computer graphics, networks, multimedia, three dimensional simulation developments, injected virtual reality technology with new vitality, which also give 3D virtual scene a direction. The article mainly discusses technology of virtual building scenery, application in today's independent virtual building scene’s deficiency, and the integration of 3D virtual reality, locality and perspective advantages.

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