A new modeller has been written and is used for modelling a gynaecological surgery scene with deformable objects for minimally invasive surgery. It is possible to perform surgical tasks on all elastodynamic objects in the virtual surgery scene in real time such as grasping, cutting and setting of clips. New research results include the simulation of pulse, pulsatile bleeding after arterial injuries, irrigation, suction, visualisation and animation of coagulation smoke, which causes steaming up of the endoscopic lense.
Latest results cover simulation of suturing of virtual soft tissue and the application of slings.
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