Development of a 3D environment for ventricular puncture

Ventricular drainage is commonly performed in neurosurgery departments or in theemergency room. It consists of inserting a catheter into the brain, using a needle, until it reaches the frontal horn to drain cerebrospinal fluid for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. Nowadays, the learning of this gesture is only performed by companionship: there is no effective simulator for training in this type of surgery. Ampere lab robotics team has been designing haptic training simulators in the medical field for two decades. It is currently designing a haptic simulator that renders the various layers crossed by the needle during such an operation.

The outcome of this internship is the design of a 3D environment from real MRI images so that surgeons get a realistic visual feedback when training on this simulator before a future operation on a patient. The patient-specific MRI images will be obtained through a partnership with a local surgeon.

Faculty Supervisor:

Irene Cheng

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Partner:

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Artificial Intelligence; Information and Communications Technology

University:

University of Alberta

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