Rapid Prototyping of Surgical Simulators using Open Source Simulation Software

August 28-30, 2006
Stanford University - SUMMIT

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Background Reading on SPRING Simulation Software

Here are basic articles on SPRING and other simulation packages that participants should review before coming to the workshop:

Core SPRING paper:

GiPSi: A Framework for Open Source/Open Architecture Software Development for Organ Level Surgical Simulation

SOFA: Collaborative Development of an Open Framework for Medical Simulation

Here are some advanced papers on SPRING that are optional.

Cutting

Probing, Piercing, Cauterizing and Ablating

Virtual Environment for Simulated Rat Dissection