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It'll be interesting to see the growth of simulation in other fields similar to that used in radiation oncology [0]. The trick about human bodies is that they a
by adolph 4y ago
It'll be interesting to see the growth of simulation in other fields similar to that used in radiation oncology [0]. The trick about human bodies is that they aren't all the same and they don't say the same. Once the robot can perform sufficiently similarly in simulation as in real life, then a high risk and cost intervention like surgery will be simulated before performance.
An additional aspect of simulation is calibration and use of phantoms [1]. These are materials of known characteristics approximating human anatomical densities. I suppose for robotic surgery this would be used for both the imaging and the surgical tech.
0. https://radiationoncology.weillcornell.org/clinical-services-and-technologies/external-beam-radiation-therapy/simulation https://radiationoncology.weillcornell.org/clinical-services...
1. https://www.nist.gov/physics/what-are-imaging-phantoms https://www.nist.gov/physics/what-are-imaging-phantoms
- iancmceachern 4y agoThe thing about simulation in radiation oncology is its more focused on simulation of the physics of the beam delivery, and not so much on simulation of the tissue or human body portion of the equation. This is more the latter.
- cardiffspaceman 4y agoWhen I saw the keywords in these posts it reminded me of a job I interviewed for. This was in 1991 and the state of the art was to plot iso-dose contours on top of X-ray images, presumably using facts about the beam and the tissues at hand. The plan was to evolve from there to 3D images, possibly rendering these planing data in arbitrary orientations in real time. The link provided above discusses tattooing the patient for future reference and other things, using a machine that was 'similar' to the beam machine but without the beam itself. So it is good to see that planning has moved on in 30 years.
- iancmceachern 4y agoYeah, what you describe is common now on systems like cyberknife. etc.