Doctors Train Using Brain Surgery Simulator
A brain surgery simulator helps doctors prepare for the real thing.
It's a great feeling knowing that doctors of today can load up simulators and practice virtual test runs before attempting surgery on real patients. 48-year-old Ellen Wright probably feels the same, as she was the first patient to benefit from virtual brain surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor. The Smiths Cove, Nova Scotia woman even had a chance to play around with her virtual brain after her neurosurgeon successfully removed the real tumor this week.
"A critical aspect of the virtual reality surgery is that we have a re-set button,” said David Clarke, the neurosurgeon who performed the delicate operation, “and I think this is a critical thing because we can do it as many times as it takes to get it right before we do the actual surgery."
As reported by NBC News (WEAU), the simulator actually constructs a virtual model of the patient's unique anatomical data, and even mimics the feeling of pulverizing and vacuuming up the embedded tumor. Naturally, this allows the surgeon to get the procedure right before digging into actual flesh. Unfortunately, this simulator isn't available in every hospital.
However, thanks to the successful trial run, prototype will now be sent off to teaching hospitals in five cities across Canada. Clarke's goal is to get Health Canada's approval so that the simulator can be sold to hospitals nationwide, perhaps around the globe.
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Ew. On the other hand, applaud to brain surgeons. Amazing talent they have.
They should let some hardcore gamers take a crack at this sim. For certain they could do a better job at the actual "work" part.
Isn't this on the Wii?
Isn't this on the Wii?
They should let some hardcore gamers take a crack at this sim. For certain they could do a better job at the actual "work" part.
Does everything have to be about games!!!!! It's brain surgery practice. Real surgeons use it to practice a bit and study the brain and then try to save a life. I bet your not even a hardcore gamer. In fact, why would you even to bring the term "hardcore gamer". Do you even know what a hardcore game is?
Does everything have to be about games!!!!!
Evidently it does as you're apparently so stressed over the concept of "hardcore gamer". Did it occur to you that I might be making a joke? Or did you miss the fact that not only is there a brain surgery part to Trauma Center but surgeons have found playing that game to be quite beneficial in warming up?
Hmmm Tom's have ditched my links
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165494
http://uk.gamespot.com/forums/show [...] d=26166031
Before long the actual computer will be doing the brain surgery, not surgeons.
They should let some hardcore gamers take a crack at this sim. For certain they could do a better job at the actual "work" part.
Yeah sure, why not? And then when you or your mom happen to have a brain tumor lets ask those same hard core gamers to perform the surgery.
Leveling your mmo mage to level 40 isn't the same as brain surgery dude.
Does everything have to be about games!!!!! It's brain surgery practice. Real surgeons use it to practice a bit and study the brain and then try to save a life. I bet your not even a hardcore gamer. In fact, why would you even to bring the term "hardcore gamer". Do you even know what a hardcore game is?
Yes, it's all about the games.
I might be willing to give this a try...
PC only, no consoles... but still need a Natal or Wii type control (on PC of course) to use it...
P.S. Rage Incoming was a hardcore game... that frusterated the hell out of me...
"They should let some hardcore gamers take a crack at this sim. For certain they could do a better job at the actual "work" part."
Some surgeons are hardcore gamers