Virtual reality prototype of a linear accelerator simulator for oncological radiotherapy training
Learning to operate medical equipment is one of the essential skills for providing efficient treatment to patients. One of the current problems faced by many medical institutions is the lack or shortage of specialized infrastructure for medical practitioners to conduct hands-on training. Medical equ...
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my.utm.1005172023-04-14T02:42:02Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/100517/ Virtual reality prototype of a linear accelerator simulator for oncological radiotherapy training Chan, Vei S. Iglesias, Andrés Haron, Habibollah Prada, Pedro J. Ruiz, Samuel Gálvez, Akemi You, Lihua M. Salleh, Faezah Mohamed, Farhan QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Learning to operate medical equipment is one of the essential skills for providing efficient treatment to patients. One of the current problems faced by many medical institutions is the lack or shortage of specialized infrastructure for medical practitioners to conduct hands-on training. Medical equipment is mostly used for patients, limiting training time drastically. Virtual simulation can help alleviate this problem by providing the virtual embodiment of the medical facility in an affordable manner. This paper reports the current results of an ongoing project aimed at providing virtual reality-based technical training on various medical equipment to radiophysicist trainees. In particular, we introduce a virtual reality (VR) prototype of a linear accelerator simulator for oncological radiotherapy training. The paper discusses the main challenges and features of the VR prototype, including the system design and implementation. A key factor for trainees’ access and usability is the user interface, particularly tailored in our prototype to provide a powerful and versatile yet friendly user interaction. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2021 Article PeerReviewed Chan, Vei S. and Iglesias, Andrés and Haron, Habibollah and Prada, Pedro J. and Ruiz, Samuel and Gálvez, Akemi and You, Lihua and M. Salleh, Faezah and Mohamed, Farhan (2021) Virtual reality prototype of a linear accelerator simulator for oncological radiotherapy training. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 13352 (NA). pp. 676-689. ISSN 0302-9743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08757-8_56 DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-08757-8_56 |
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Learning to operate medical equipment is one of the essential skills for providing efficient treatment to patients. One of the current problems faced by many medical institutions is the lack or shortage of specialized infrastructure for medical practitioners to conduct hands-on training. Medical equipment is mostly used for patients, limiting training time drastically. Virtual simulation can help alleviate this problem by providing the virtual embodiment of the medical facility in an affordable manner. This paper reports the current results of an ongoing project aimed at providing virtual reality-based technical training on various medical equipment to radiophysicist trainees. In particular, we introduce a virtual reality (VR) prototype of a linear accelerator simulator for oncological radiotherapy training. The paper discusses the main challenges and features of the VR prototype, including the system design and implementation. A key factor for trainees’ access and usability is the user interface, particularly tailored in our prototype to provide a powerful and versatile yet friendly user interaction. |
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Virtual reality prototype of a linear accelerator simulator for oncological radiotherapy training |
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