A10 Session 3: Computerized tools for cryosurgery training
2014
Rabin, Yoed | Shimada, Kenji | Keelan, Robert | Sehrawat, Anjali | Zhang, Hong
Cryosurgery practices have evolved over the years in close relationship with concurrent technology developments. With the development of cryosurgery as a minimally invasive procedure about two decades ago, additional technical challenges have emerged, such as visualization of the process, correlating medical imaging with the thermal history, optimizing the geometry and the cooling capability of the cryoprobes, and optimizing the total number of cryoprobes and their layout. Recent developments in computer hardware and software technologies are enabling computer simulations of complete cryosurgery cases in a matter of seconds—two orders of magnitude faster than the simulated procedure. The current presentation aims at recent developments in computation tools for the purpose of cryosurgery training. It displays verification of computer simulations with experimental results on inanimate materials, and discusses training objectives and prototype development.Source of funding: This study was supported by Award Number R01CA134261 from the National Cancer Institute.
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