Pediatric Neurosurgical Training in Virtual Reality Using a Formalized Ontology Approach

The proposed project is to create a virtual reality application for training healthcare staff simulataneously in performing several common neurosurgical procedures. The application will mimic an operating room including equipment and will ask the healthcare team to perform one of several neurosurgical procedures for treating hydrocephalus in pediatric patients. Data collection will be in a formal manner such that the performance of the operating team can be analyzed and compared with real data. This will allow training a full healthcare team for use with current technology, and evaluate virtual reality as a training tool.

Faculty Supervisor:

Roy Eagleson;Sandrine de Ribaupierre

Student:

Partner:

Université de Rennes 1

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Western University

Program: