DTIC AD1006816: A Modular Set of Mixed pdf

DTIC AD1006816: A Modular Set of Mixed

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We are ultimately developing and delivering a modular set of five mixed reality/augmented reality (AR) simulators, each for a different application from a set of five blind and guided medical procedures: (1) Regional Anesthesia (RA), (2) Central Venous Access (CVA), (3) External Ventricular Drain (EVD; aka Ventriculostomy), (4) Chest Tube Insertion and (5) TransRectal UltraSound (TRUS)-Imaged, Manually-Guided Needle Biopsy of the Prostate. The AR is through visual augmentation, i.e., providing 3D, real-time, color visualization of the relevant anatomy, tools and implements. Our purpose is to provide deployed and Stateside medical military personnel and also civilian reservists compact, lightweight, turnkey simulators designed to work in austere environments. These highly-portable/deployable simulators provide the ability to acquire/maintain skills in medical procedures, some of which may be specific to military medicine and therefore unfamiliar to reservists who practice primarily civilian medicine. The ultimate purpose is to provide through the military medical personnel trained via our simulators safer and better quality care (as measured by our proposed patient outcomes study) to US military personnel (deployed and Stateside) and veterans.

The scope of this research is deliberately wide; because the simulators are anatomic, they are not specific to military needs and can be readily repurposed for civilian medical training needs too. In addition, the modular nature of the system design (including the modular stand) will provide a rapid development platform for fast prototyping/implementation of new mixed/augmented reality simulators beyond the original five to be delivered to DoD

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 8/1/2015
• Year: 2015
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Lampotang, Samsun, University of Florida Gainesville United States, simulators, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, MODULAR CONSTRUCTION, ULTRASONICS, job training, military medicine

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