Virtual reality for medical training: a prototype to simulate breast aspiration exam

  • Authors:
  • Lucilena de Lima;Fátima L. S. Nunes;Rafael Takashi;Ildeberto Rodello;José Remo F. Brega;Antonio Carlos Sementille

  • Affiliations:
  • UNIVEM - Centro Univ. de Marília;UNIVEM - Centro Univ. de Marília;UNIVEM - Centro Univ. de Marília;UNIVEM - Centro Univ. de Marília;UNIVEM - Centro Univ. de Marília;UNIVEM - Centro Univ. de Marília

  • Venue:
  • VRCAI '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH international conference on Virtual Reality continuum and its applications in industry
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The early detection of breast cancer increases the chance of cure of the disease. The aspiration examination of a female breast provides conditions of eliminating doubts in relation to the diagnosis. This work presents a tool of Virtual Reality that contributes with the medical training to execute aspiration examination in order to allow execution of the inherent procedures how many times are necessary.