Patent ID: 7292716
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: A61B,A61C

Abstract:
1. A medical simulation apparatus, comprising: an image display means that displays a three-dimensional image of a patient; and a display controlling means that correlates an entity model of the patient with the three-dimensional image by utilizing at least three reference points on the entity model and at least three reference points on the three-dimensional image, and changes the three-dimensional image according to a change in the entity model; wherein the change in the entity model includes displacing a predetermined portion of the entity model, wherein the display controlling means determines changes in coordinates of points on the three-dimensional image corresponding to at least three points on the predetermined portion after the displacement of the predetermined portion on the basis of a relationship between the reference points on the entity model and the reference points on the three-dimensional image, and displaces a region of the three-dimensional image corresponding to the predetermined portion on the basis of the determined coordinate changes, wherein the entity model is a model formed of gypsum plaster or a resin material on the basis of the entity of the patient, and wherein the predetermined portion corresponds to a portion of the entity of the patient to be displaced by a surgical operation.