This text addresses the advances in computing and communications technologies that hold the promise for the transformation of medicine. It discusses how technology may affect the future of medical and surgical practice by improving access, quality and continuity of care, while reducing the cost.
Preface vii Accelerating Technology Transfer: New Relationships for Academia, Industry, and Government 1(6) Richard M. Satava An Immersive Environment for the Direct Visualization and Segmentation of Volumetric Data Sets 7(6) Steven Senger The Virtual Reality Arthroscopy Training Simulator 13(7) Wolfgang Muller Uli Bockholt A Comparative Analysis of Integrating Visual Representations with Haptic Displays 20(7) Don Stredney Gregory J. Wiet Roni Yagel Dennis Sessanna Yair Kurzion Mark Fontana Naeem Shareef Mike Levin Kenneth Martin Allison Okamura 3D Visual Presentation of Shoulder Joint Motion 27(7) Saara Totterman Jose Tamez-Pena Edmund Kwok John Strang Jason Smith Deborah Rubens Kevin Parker Medical Volume Rendering over the WWW Using VRML and JAVA 34(7) Ofer Hendin Nigel W. John Ofer Shochet International Surgical Telementoring: Our Initial Experience 41(7) Benjamin R. Lee Jeffrey A. Caddedu Gunter Janetschek Peter Schulan Steven G. Docimo Robert G. Moore Alan W. Partin Louis R. Kavoussi Telemedicine in Prison 48(5) ReLinda Longan Web-Based Segmentation and Display of Three-Dimensional Radiologic Image Data 53(7) Jonathan Silverstein Jason Rubenstein Alan Millman Walter Panko Attract: Applications in Telemedicine Taking Rapid Advantage of Cable Television Network Evolution 60(7) G. Anogianakis S. Maglavera A. Pomportsis A Patient-Centric Approach to Telemedicine Database Development 67(7) John Peifer Andrew Hopper Barry Sudduth Secured Medical Imaging over the Internet 74(5) Peter Aslan Benjamin Lee Ramsey Kuo Richard K. Babayan Louis R. Kavoussi Kristin A. Pavlin Glenn M. Preminger Demonstration of Surgical Telerobotics and Virtual Telepresence by Internet + ISDN from Monterey (U.S.A.) to Milan (Italy) 79(5) Alberto Rovetta Remo Sala Mirco Bressanelli Maria Elena Garavaldi Flavio Lorini Rita Pegoraro Marita Canina Virtual Endoscopy Software Application on a PC 84(6) Abdalmajeid M. Alyassin William E. Lorensen Audio-Guided Blind Biopsy Needle Placement 90(6) Kristin Wegner D. B. Karron Telepresence Interface with Applications to Microsurgery and Surgical Simulation 96(7) John W. Hill Peter A. Holst Joel F. Jensen Jonathan Goldman Yonael Gorfu Dale W. Ploeger Computer-Assisted Image-Guided Surgery Using the Regulus Navigator 103(7) Jon S. Rousu Paul E. Kohls Bruce Kall Patrick J. Kelly Virgy: A Virtual Reality and Force Feedback-Based Endoscopic Surgery Simulator 110(7) Charles Baur Didier Guzzoni Oliver Georg VR Simulation of Abdominal Trauma Surgery 117(7) Morten Bro-Nielesn David Helfrick Bill Glass Xiaolan Zeng Hugh Connacher Validation of Virtual Reality To Teach and Access Psychomotor Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery: Results from Randomised Controlled Studies Using the MIST VR Laparoscopic Simulator 124(7) N. Taffinder C. Sutton R. J. Fishwick I. C. McManus A. Darzi 3D and 4D Atlas Systems of Living Human Body Structure 131(6) Naoki Suzuki Akihiro Takatsu Asaki Hattori Takeshi Ezumi Shuhei Oda Takashi Yanai Hideyoshi Tominaga CT-Based 3D-Planning for Dental Implantology 137(7) W. Stein S. Hassfeld J. Brief I. Bertovic R. Krempin J. Muhling Experience with MR-Guided Therapy 144(6) Kirby G. Vosburgh John F. Schenck Brain Surgery Simulation Systems Using VR Technique and Improvement of Presence 150(5) Hiroshi Tanaka Hiroyuki Nakamura Eizaburo Tamaki Tadashi Nariai Kimiyoshi Hirakawa A PC-Based Surgical Simulator for Laparoscopic Surgery 155(6) C. S. Tseng Y. Y. Lee Y. P. Chan S. S. Wu A. W. Chiu Telemedicine: A Personal Journey 161(7) Ian Alger Bedside Wellness: Development of a Virtual Forest Rehabilitation System 168(7) Mieko Ohsuga Yoko Tatsuno Futomi Shimono Kousuke Hirasawa Hiroshi Oyama Hitoshi Okamura Comparing Virtual and Real Worlds for Acrophobia Treatment 175(5) Milton P. Huang Joseph Himle Klaus-Peter Beier Norman E. Alessi A New Project for Rehabilitation and Psychomotor Disease Analysis with Virtual Reality Support 180(6) Alberto Rovetta Flavio Lorini Marita Canina Virtual Reality Techniques in the Treatment of Impotence and Premature Ejaculation 186(7) Gabriele Optale Adriano Munari Alberto Nasta Carlo Pianon Jole Baldaro Verde Giuseppe Viggiano Personal Stories Within Virtual Environments: Embodiments of a Model for Cancer Patient Information Software 193(3) Darcy Drew Greene Carrie Heeter The Construction of Tridimensional Representation of Body and External Reality in Man: The Greatest Achievement of Evolution to Date Implications for Virtual Reality 196(6) Michael A. Woodbury Margarita F. Woodbury Review of Orthopaedic Manipualtor Arms 202(7) K.S. Hurst R. Phillips W.J. Viant A.M.M.A. Mohsen K.P. Sherman M. Bielby Planning and Simulation of Medical Robot Tasks 209(6) Jorg Raczkowsky Petra Bohner Catherina R. Burghart Hartwig Grabowski Motion Feedback as a Navigation Aid in Robot-Assisted Neurosurgery 215(5) Matthias Wapler Jan Stalkamp Thomas Weisner Volker Urban A System for Robot-Assisted Maxillofacial Surgery 220(7) Catherina R. Burghart Jan E. Muenchenberg Ulrich Rembold Simulator for Virtual Surgery Using Deformable Organ Models and Force Feedback System 227(7) Naoki Suzuki Asaki Hattori Takeshi Ezumi Akihiko Uchiyama Takahiro Kumano Akio Ikemoto Yoshitaka Adachi Akihiro Takatsu 3D-Brain 2.0: Narrowing the Gap Between Personal Computers and High End Workstations 234(6) Torben Kling-Petersen Ragnar Pascher Martin Rydmark The Virtual Instrumentation (VI) Laboratory Facilitates Customized On-Site Ergonomic Analysis of Minimally Invasive Surgery 240(6) Warren D. Smith Denise L. Forkey Ramon Berguer A Non-Intrusive Display Technique for Providing Real-Time Data Within a Surgeons Critical Area of Interest 246(6) James Parsons Jannick P. Rolland The Virtual Retinal Display: A New Technology for Virtual Reality and Augmented Vision in Medicine 252(6) Erik Viirre Homer Pryor Satoru Nagata Thomas A. Furness III A Sensate Liner for Biomedical Monitoring Applications 258(7) Eric. J. Lind Sundaresan Jayaraman Sungmee Park Rangaswamy Rajamanickam Robert Eisler George Burghart Tony McKee Computerized Endoscopic Surgical Grasper 265(7) Blake Hannaford Jason Trujillo Mika Sinanan Manuel Moreyra Jacob Rosen Jeff Brown Rainer Leuschke Mark MacFarlane Development of the Force-Feedback Model for an Epidural Needle Insertion Simulator 272(6) Leslie Hiemenz Don Stredney Petra Schmalbrock A New Imaging Paradigm for Medical Applications 278(6) James L. Fergason James A. McCoy A Theoretical Comparison of 2-Camera and 3-Camera Optical Localizers with Active or Passive Instrumentation 284(7) Ivan Faul Training Environment for Inferior Vena Caval Filter Placement 291(7) James K. Hahn Roger Kaufman Adam B. Winick Thurston Carleton Youngser Park Rob Lindeman Kwang-Man Oh Nadia Al-Ghreimil Raymond J. Walsh Murray Loew Joanne Gerber Siddarth Sankar Ultra Trainer: A Training System for Medical Ultrasound Examination 298(4) Jan Stallkamp Matthias Wapler A Commercially Viable Virtual Reality Knee Arthroscopy Training System 302(7) Avril D. McCarthy Robin J. Hollands Virtual Medical Trainer: Patient Assessment and Trauma Care Simulator 309(7) Paul N. Kizakevich Michael L. McCartney Daniel B. Nissman Ken Starko N. Ty Smith Virtual Environments for Training Critical Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery 316(7) Michael Downes M. Cenk Cavusoglu Walter Gantert Lawrence W. Way Frank Tendick A National Center for Biocomputation: In Search of a Patient-Specific Interactive Virtual Surgery Workbench 323(6) M.D. Ross K. Montgomery S. Linton R. Cheng Jeffrey Smith Virtual Jaw: A 3D Simulation for Computer-Assisted Surgery and Education 329(7) Tim Weingartner Stefan Hassfeld Rudiger Dillmann Assessing a VR-Based Learning Environment for Anatomy Education 336(5) Helene Hoffman Margaret Murray Larry Hettinger Erik Viirre The Clinical Advantages of Editable Real-Time Volume Rendering in a Medical Virtual Environment: VolMed 341(5) Hiroshi Oyama Fumihiko Wakao Yukihiro Takahira The Virtual Temporal Bone 346(7) Theodore P. Mason Edward L. Applebaum Mary Rasmussen Alan Milliman Ray Evenhouse Walter Panko Knowledge-Based Segmentation 353(2) Catherina R. Burghart Arno Pernozzoli Ulrich Rembold Generating Finite Element Models from Volumetric Medical Images 355(2) H.A. Grabowski Advanced 3D-Visualization, Including Virtual Reality, Distributed by PES in Brain Research, Clinical Radiology, and Education 357(2) Jon Olofsson Martin Rydmark Claes-Henric Berthold Jan Gothlin Torben Kling-Petersen Flemming Mork-Petersen Ragnar Pascher Computer in the O.R. for Quality Control: Intraoperative Data Acquisition Model for Laparoscopy 359(2) Volker R. Jacobs John E. Morrison, Jr. Trans-Telephonic Electrocardiographic Monitoring (TTEM): First Indian Experience 361(3) H.S. Rissam S. Kishore M.L. Bhatia N. Trehan Videoconferencing as a Medical Education Tool: First Experience in Argentinean Public Hospital 364(2) Rodolfo Altrudi Alberto Eurnekian Alex Gandsas Yvan Silva Victoria Silvestri Modeling of a Knee Joint for the VRDA Tool 366(2) Yohan Baillot Jannick P. Rolland A Window on Regional Cerebral Blood Flow via Voluntary Hand Activity Using a Whole Hand Input in a Virtual Environment 368(2) Mike Edwards Information Frames: A New Multimedia Approach to Web-Based Learning of Biology and Medicine 370(3) Wm. LeRoy Heinrichs Ramani Pichumani Rory Mather Parvati Dev Building a Virtual Invasive Patient on a Budget 373(2) Torgeir Hovden Rune Lillesveen Svenn K. Forfang Arne Halaas Development and Evaluation of a Spine Biopsy Simulator 375(2) Corinna Lathan Kevin Cleary Robert Greco Implications of 3D Visualization for Medical Education 377(2) Nina Wacholder Celina Imielinska Stephen Johnson Ewa Soliz Pat Molholt Simulation Technology in Surgical Education: Can We Assess Manipulative Skills and What Does It Mean to the Learner 379(2) C. Daniel Smith Jack Stubbs David Hananel Modern Cosmology and the Origin of Our Three Dimensionality 381(2) Michael A. Woodbury Margarita F. Woodbury Internet-Based Telemedicine: A Practical Tool? 383(2) Peter B. Angood Force Interactions in Laparoscopic Simulations: Haptic Rendering of Soft Tissues 385(7) Cagatay Basdogan Chih-Hao Ho Mandayam A. Srinivasan Stephen D. Small Steven L. Dawson Formative Design of a Virtural Learning Environment 392(7) Parvati Dev Ramani Pichumani Decker Walker Wm. LeRoy Heinrichs Chandu Karadi William Lorie Validation of the Madigan ESS Simulator 399(8) Suzanne Weghorst Christopher Airola Peter Oppenheimer Charles V. Edmond Troy Patience David Heskamp Jeffrey Miller Author Index 407
