Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Harvard Medical School, Albany Medical Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are collaborating to develop a new approach to surgical ...

Limited access to adequate cancer surgery training is one of the driving forces behind global inequities in surgical cancer care. Affordable virtual reality (VR) surgical training could enhance ...

The operative times of third-year residents learning phacoemulsification may be significantly reduced by early and continuous implementation of mandatory virtual simulator surgical training before ...

When I was a medical student, I had the opportunity to try an ophthalmic surgery simulator that allowed for the creation of a capsulorrhexis, removal of nuclear fragments, and even a core vitrectomy.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $347,000, two-year grant to develop a next-generation simulator to train surgeons to perform minimally invasive ...

Practice makes perfect. In the complex world of medicine too, where just a millimetre can make the difference between success and failure. In partnership with the University of Manizales (Colombia), ...

FundamentalVR is launching a virtual reality surgery training platform using haptics and physical feedback to create a tactile, flight simulator-like experience for surgeons. The software platform, ...

The Moran Eye Center is among a select group of institutions evaluating a unique simulator-based training system developed to help turn the tide of cataract blindness worldwide. Moran resident Michael ...

Using virtual reality tech described as a fighter-jet flight simulator for the human body, Medtronic hopes to put brain surgeons in the pilot’s seat—giving them patient-specific maps of blood vessels ...

While there are already surgical training systems that use VR (virtual reality) headsets to "place" students in an interactive computer-generated operating room, a new simulator goes a step further.