Kolsanov A.V., Nazaryan A.K., Ivashchenko A.V., Kuz'min A.V. Network component of information space of modern surgical simulator

Abstract: The article is devoted to building a network component of «Virtual Surgery » information environment (a range of surgical simulators). The system is being developed in Russia and has no direct analogues in the world. The authors analyze requirements for modern surgical simulators. The article reviews characteristics of information environment of endovascular simulator, endoscopic simulator and a highly realistic three-dimensional anatomical atlas. The authors study the possibility of creating a remote database of shared information resources for the operation of simulators including a database, informational support, means of communicating for remote users, ways of software actualization. The authors suggest architecture, set of functions and informational resources of internet-portal for organizing a unified information environment for simulators users. The results will help to organize the network community of users, develop a flexible implementation of authorial surgical techniques on remote equipment, provide ways for exchange of topical models, operation scenarios, results, and, as a result, improve the use of promising trend of simulation technology in medical education. The development of this network component is an important step in the development of universal hardware and software platform for building surgical simulators.

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