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Spring: a general framework for collaborative, real-time surgical simulation.

Kevin Montgomery·Cynthia Bruyns·Joel Brown·Stephen Sorkin·Frederic Mazzella·Guillaume Thonier·Arnaud Tellier·Benjamin Lerman·Anil Menon
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We describe the implementation details of a real-time surgical simulation system with soft-tissue modeling and multi-user, multi-instrument, networked haptics. The simulator is cross-platform and runs on various Unix and Windows platforms. It is written in C++ with OpenGL for graphics; GLUT, GLUI, and MUI for user interface; and supports parallel processing. It allows for the relatively easy introduction of patient-specific anatomy and supports many common file formats. It performs soft-tissue modeling, some limited rigid-body dynamics, and suture modeling. The simulator interfaces to many different interaction devices and provides for multi-user, multi-instrument collaboration over the Internet. Many virtual tools have been created and their interactions with tissue have been implemented. In addition, a number of extra features, such as voice input/output, real-time texture-mapped video input, stereo and head-mounted display support, and replicated display facilities are presented.

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Kevin Montgomery, Cynthia Bruyns, Joel Brown, Stephen Sorkin, Frederic Mazzella, Guillaume Thonier, Arnaud Tellier, Benjamin Lerman, Anil Menon. 2002. Spring: a general framework for collaborative, real-time surgical simulation.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15458105/

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