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Feature-Preserving, Accuracy-Controllable Freeform Surfaces for Web-Based Surgical Simulations

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Smart Graphics (SG 2006)

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In this paper we present a method to generate compact and accuracy-controllable free-form surfaces for web-based surgical simulations. Users can input an important area where high accuracy is required, such as an affected area. The input area can be reflected as meshes with high level of details. By utilizing display tablet interfaces, surgeons are able to draw incision lines or boundaries between organs on an on-screen 3D model, just like they draw lines on paper in surgical planning procedures. Input lines can be reflected as boundaries between patches on free-form surfaces. Practical surgical simulators are also presented to evaluate the efficiency of our framework.

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  1. Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, 5322 Endo, Fujisawa Kanagawa, 252-8520, Japan

    Akira Wakita & Hiroaki Chiyokura

  2. Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Masahiro Kobayashi

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  1. Media Informatics, University of Munich, Germany

    Andreas Butz

  2. Simon Fraser University at Surrey, 13450 102 Avenue, V3T 5X3, Surrey, BC, Canada

    Brian Fisher

  3. Institute for Geoinformatics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Weselerstrasse 253, 48161, Münster, Germany

    Antonio Krüger

  4. School of Computing Science, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    Patrick Olivier

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Wakita, A., Kobayashi, M., Chiyokura, H. (2006). Feature-Preserving, Accuracy-Controllable Freeform Surfaces for Web-Based Surgical Simulations. In: Butz, A., Fisher, B., Krüger, A., Olivier, P. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4073. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11795018_12

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