Virtual Instruments: A Generalized Implementation
Kevin N. Montgomery, Cynthia D. Bruyns · Studies in health technology and informatics · 2003
The proliferation of surgical simulators would be increased if a common framework and set of virtual instruments existed for use by the application developer. We describe such a framework consisting of a powerful abstraction of a user interaction device, a functional taxonomy of surgical instruments, and a method for linking these components together. A series of example virtual instruments is also provided.