Medical Image Analysis
Surgical SimulationThe Surgical Simulation and Planning team performs cutting edge research and development of computer-based surgical training and pre-operative planning software. Our aim is to improve patient safety by reducing the need for on patient training and provide surgical teams with the tools required to improve surgical outcomes. For more information about our current research program and our software platform please click on the links below.
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Colonoscopy SimulationThe aim of this project is to build a surgical training system to train novice and to improve the skills of experienced Gastroenterologists for performing colonoscopy. The colonoscopy simulator allows navigation and interaction with a 3D colon. It includes a novel haptic device for force feedback and adjustable realistic bio-mechanical models of the colon, whose complexity in geometry and pathology can be tailored to suit training needs. Learn More... |
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Preoperative PlanningThis project involves the development of a software tool, built using MILX Sim, which allows for visualisation, manipulation and point identification in large 3D medical image data sets at interactive rates, thanks to the use of the hardware acceleration available from modern Graphics Processing Units. Points of interest can be identified on 2D cross-sections of the data set, as well as on advanced 3D visualisations, and exported for post-processing, providing physicians with the quantitative data needed to improve preoperative planning and surgical success rates. Learn More... |
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Ultrasound SimulationDespite the increasing adoption of other imaging modalities, ultrasound (US) guidance is widely used for surgical procedures and clinical imaging due to its low cost, non-invasiveness, real-time visual feedback. Many US guided procedures require extensive training and where possible training on simulations should be preferred over patients. We are researching techniques to accurately simulate ultrasound images at interactive rates from sliced Computed Tomography volumes (and other data sources) using the computational power of the modern Graphics Processing Unit. Learn More... |
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MILX Sim Software PlatformCSIRO has developed a flexible surgical simulation software platform, MILX Sim, which provides high performance rendering and simulation capabilities to the Surgical Simulation and Planning team. The platform is developed in C++ and uses OpenGL with advanced surface shading techniques to render photo-realistic surgical training scenes. MILX Sim uses a plugin architecture to simplify development and deployment of new features and reduces the complexity of developing multi-threaded simulation scenes with a rich configuration system. The platform exposes the power of the modern Graphics processing Unit using the NVIDIA CUDA programming API along with built in support for surface and volumetric meshing. Learn More... |
