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ABSTRACT
Rapid change is under way on several fronts in medicine and surgery. Advance in
computing power have enable continued growth in virtual reality, visualization,
and simulation technologies. The ideal learning opportunities afforded by
simulated and virtual environments have prompted their exploration as learning
modalities for surgical education and training. Ongoing improvements in this
technology suggest an important future role for virtual reality and simulation in
medicine.
INTRODUCTION
Rapid change in most segments of the society is occurring as a result of
increasingly more sophisticated, affordable and ubiquitous computing power. One
clear example of this change process is the internet, which provides interactive and
instantaneous access to information that must scarcely conceivable only a few
years ago.
Same is the case in the medical field. Adv in instrumentation, visualisation and
monitoring have enabled continual growth in the medical field. The information
revolution has enabled fundamental changes in this field. Of the many disciplines
arising from this new information era, virtual reality holds the greatest promise.
The term virtual reality was coined by Jaron Lanier, founded of VPL research, in
the late 1980¶s. Virtual reality is defined as human computer interface that simulate
realistic environments while enabling participant interaction, as a 3D digital world
that accurately models actual environment, or simply as cyberspace.
Virtual reality is just beginning to come to that threshold level where we can
begin using Simulators in Medicine the way that the Aviation industry has been
using it for the past 50 Years ² to avoid errors.
In surgery, the life of the patient is of utmost importance and surgeon cannot
experiment on the patient body. VR provide a good tool to experiment the various
complications arise during surgery.