From Planes to Brains: Parallels Between Military Development of Virtual Reality Environments and Virtual Neurological Surgery

Virtual reality spine surgery simulation: an empirical study of its usefulness

“…1,2 Virtual simulation training has become an effective teaching method in other fields such as the aviation industry and may hold a similar role in surgical training. 3,4 The role of simulation training in neurosurgery has been addressed with a promising outlook. [5][6][7] Recently, we introduced a novel simulation training curriculum for neurosurgical training.…”

A Proposed Framework for Simulation Based Learning of Inheritance

“…Figure 3 shows the code of a basic tank, where students will implement and override the Super-class Robot methods, to customize their own tank, in terms of movement, offence and defense. [21] concluded that the use of simulation is a money saver which increase the use of simulation; conversely [22] stated that using simulation requires high cost due to the need to develop a specific system to match the training course needs. Furthermore [23] highlighted other limitations of using simulation rather than the high development cost, such as: eliminating face-to-face communications, limitation of students assessment and feedback and the need of suitable infrastructure along with high bandwidth.…”

Operator experience determines performance in a simulated computer-based brain tumor resection task

“…This could theoretically reduce procedural errors, especially during training. Several brain surgery simulators exist [2][3][4]; however, there are few studies validating their use as an effective training tool [5].…”