Projectional Radiography Simulator: an Interactive Teaching Tool
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Radiographers need to know a broad range of knowledge about X-ray radiography, which can be specific to each part of the body. Due to the harmfulness of the ionising radiation used, teaching and training using real patients is not ethical. Students have limited access to real X-ray rooms and anatomic phantoms during their studies. Books, and now web apps, containing a set of static pictures are then often used to illustrate clinical cases. In this study, we have built an Interactive X-ray Projectional Simulator using a deformation algorithm with a real-time X-ray image simulator. Users can load various anatomic models and the tool enables virtual model positioning in order to set a specific position and see the corresponding X-ray image. It allows teachers to simulate any particular X-ray projection in a lecturing environment without using real patients and avoiding any kind of radiation risk. This tool also allows the students to reproduce the important parameters of a real X-ray machine in a safe environment. We have performed a face and content validation in which our tool proves to be realistic (72% of the participants agreed that the simulations are visually realistic), useful (67%) and suitable (78%) for teaching X-ray radiography.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) |
Publisher | The Eurographics Association |
Pages | 125 - 128 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-03868-096-3 |
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Publication status | Published - 12 Sept 2019 |
Event | Annual Conference in Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) - Bangor, United Kingdom Duration: 12 Sept 2019 → … http://www.eguk.org.uk/CGVC2019/index.html |
Conference
Conference | Annual Conference in Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC) |
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Abbreviated title | EG CGVC |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Bangor |
Period | 12/09/19 → … |
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Research outputs (4)
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Interactive teaching environment for diagnostic radiography with real-time X-ray simulation and patient positioning
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Registration of 3D triangular models to 2D X-ray projections using black-box optimisation and X-ray simulation
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
- Published
gVirtualXRay: Virtual X-Ray Imaging Library on GPU
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (1)
gVirtualXRay: Virtual X-Ray Imaging Library on GPU
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Accolades (2)
David Duce Prize for the Best Short Paper
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Simulation of X-ray Attenuation on the GPU
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)