Project idea: Distributed surgical training using shared resources and thin clients.
Computation capacity and access to expertise and infrastructure for training, are limiting factors for the spread of simulator-based training and education. By removing these limitations, through the possibilities in Future Internet, one will increase surgical skills and thus improve patient safety.
Computationcapacitycan be improvedsignificantlyby utilizingvarious computational resourcesin a better way: by sharingcomputing resourcesinternally oneach PCthrough efficientuse of multi-core processorsand dedicatedgraphics processing units, and by sharingcomputing resourcesby means ofcloudcomputing.
SINTEF ICT role: Development ofnew methodsfor simulationand visualizationusing heterogeneouscomputational resourcesto increaserealismand performance. This willfacilitate simulationof newand more complexsurgicaltechniquesand procedures.
Funding: The Research Council of Norway, Innovation Project in the industry sector (BIP), 2010-2014
Partners: SimSurgery (coordinator), SINTEF ICT, SINTEF Technology and Society, Oslo University Hospital, and Trondheim University Hospital.