Surgical simulation is very useful in training surgery and as an aid in decisions as to which surgical techniques to employ. Recently the field of teleconferencing has emerged to support computer cooperative work among multi-located places. The
objective of our research is to develop the integrated application software system that combine medical teleconferencing with surgical simulation based on 3D image processing. In this paper, we describe the design architecture of our Remote
Surgical
Simulation and Conference System based on High-Speed Network, and then give an account of the functions of its components. The system consists in Conference Manager, Shared Workspace, Image preprocessor, Surgical Simulator, DB Input/Output
Processor,
Multimedia Data Transfer Module, and User Interface.
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