Virtual reality iliac angioplasty simulator introduction planned for December RSNA meeting.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
VIRTUAL REALITY ILIAC ANGIOPLASTY SIMULATOR NEARING COMPLETION, according to Massachusetts General Hospital developers Steve Dawson, MD, and John Kaufman, PhD. The simulator, intended for use in medical training, provides visual and tactile feedback to catheter and guidewire manipulations. The researchers plan to unveil the device at the Dec. 1-6 meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, but may have it ready for the 3rd International Symposium on Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology to be held Oct. 8-11 in Boston.