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Detection of a brain aneurysm and a way to search for a brain aneurysm aimed at the development of a system to simulate an operation

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In this article, a system is proposed for a simulated operation which would help a trainee surgeon to perform a medical operation to ensure that a cerebral aneurysm does not burst. The physician will have acquired empirical medical technologies from operations in traditional clinical teaching. However, there is a problem with safety and the burden to the patient. Therefore, recently a new training approach for a simulated medical operation using virtual reality has been explored. With the aim of developing a simulated system for a medical operation for a cerebral aneurysm, we considered the necessary functions such as detecting the brain aneurysm that is the target of the operation, and searching for a suitable blood vessel to make a plan for the operation.

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  1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan

    Toshihide Miyagi & Norihiro Abe

  2. Munakata Suikokai General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yoshimasa Kinoshita

  3. Oita National College of Technology, Oita, Japan

    Tatsushi Tokuyasu

  4. Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan

    Hirokazu Taki

  5. VuCOMP, Richardson, TX, USA

    Shoujie He

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Correspondence to Toshihide Miyagi.

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This work was presented in part at the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 5–7, 2009

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Miyagi, T., Abe, N., Kinoshita, Y. et al. Detection of a brain aneurysm and a way to search for a brain aneurysm aimed at the development of a system to simulate an operation. Artif Life Robotics 14, 237 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0662-5

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