I was never sure what I really wanted to do. Recently though, I have started to get some answers. Presently I am doing my Masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University at Buffalo. It is a simulation for a medical procedure known as Intubation. I and my partner Pady are devloping a Windows application for it.
Intubation is a procedure that is carried out by paramedics usually on automobile crash victims.
The simulation will be carried out on a virtual human model, not unlike the one shown above. The above image is snapshot of the VRML file that we will be using. It was generated from segmented images of the visible human dataset using a program known as Isosurf . To increase the realism of the simulation we are using the Phantom Haptic Feedback Device , that will give force feedback to the user. The project is being implemented at the Virtual Reality Lab,University at Buffalo under the guidance of Dr. T. Kesavadas .