Virtual percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty system for an educational support system. 1998

T Yambe, and M Yoshizawa, and K Tabayashi, and H Takeda, and S Nitta
Department of Medical Engineering and Cardiology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

With the increase of ischemic diseases of the circulatory system in Japan, the necessity for cardiovascular intervention continues to increase. However, because intervention operations have been developed only recently, the education system for the corresponding specialists in our country has not been established yet. In this study, an intervention educational support system using a virtual reality (VR) technique was developed. Of course, intervention includes percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). PTCA is an operation enlarging the stenosis of the coronary artery with a balloon through a guide catheter. The technique that lets the guide wire for the PTCA balloon cross the stenosis is one of the most difficult. A simulation system for the manipulation of a torque device for the PTCA guide wire was developed with this technology for VR. In virtual space, reconstitution of the 3-dimensional coronary artery with atherosclerosis was performed, and the virtual PTCA system was produced experimentally. An interesting system was produced experimentally as a system for the training of doctors studying to become interventional specialists. After the system was combined with an Expert system for treating ischemic heart diseases, its usefulness was steadily increased. With the development of more sophisticated VR methodology in the future, a PTCA training system without using a patient will be embodied.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002309 Cardiology The study of the heart, its physiology, and its functions. Angiology,Cardiovascular Disease Specialty,Vascular Medicine,Disease Specialty, Cardiovascular,Medicine, Vascular,Specialty, Cardiovascular Disease
D004502 Education, Medical, Continuing Educational programs designed to inform physicians of recent advances in their field. Medical Education, Continuing,Continuing Medical Education,Education, Continuing Medical
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014584 User-Computer Interface The portion of an interactive computer program that issues messages to and receives commands from a user. Interface, User Computer,Virtual Systems,User Computer Interface,Interface, User-Computer,Interfaces, User Computer,Interfaces, User-Computer,System, Virtual,Systems, Virtual,User Computer Interfaces,User-Computer Interfaces,Virtual System
D015906 Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary Dilation of an occluded coronary artery (or arteries) by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply. Angioplasty, Coronary Balloon,Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary,Coronary Angioplasty, Transluminal Balloon,Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty,Balloon Dilation, Coronary Artery,Transluminal Coronary Balloon Dilation,Angioplasties, Coronary Balloon,Balloon Angioplasties, Coronary,Balloon Angioplasty, Coronary,Coronary Balloon Angioplasties,Coronary Balloon Angioplasty
D018961 Educational Technology Systematic identification, development, organization, or utilization of educational resources and the management of these processes. It is occasionally used also in a more limited sense to describe the use of equipment-oriented techniques or audiovisual aids in educational settings. (Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, December 1993, p132) Instructional Technology,Technology, Educational,Technology, Instructional,Educational Technologies,Instructional Technologies,Technologies, Educational,Technologies, Instructional

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