Integrated Medical Environments and the Virtual Reality Patient.

Abstract

Northrop Grumman an and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, along with Armstrong Laboratory's Aircrew Training Research Division, are developing prototype training systems to assist surgeons in triage assessment and in procedures for battlefield casualty management. The goal is to develop an integrated training system built around three major components: (1) a Biomedical Instructional Systems Decision Support System (BISD DSS) to characterize training tasks and set instructional objectives and performance standards; (2) a simulation based on the PrecepterTM virtual reality patient to support training for battlefield wound diagnosis and laparoscopic surgery; and (3) an intelligent tutoring system hosted on PrecepterTM to teach decision making skills for battlefield wound diagnosis and subsequent laparoscopic procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA339605

Entities

People

  • Bettina A. Babbitt
  • H. B. Sorensen
  • Herbert H. Bell
  • Jack Stubbs
  • Peter M. Crane

Organizations

  • Armstrong Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Battlefields
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Environment
  • Expert Systems
  • Human Resources
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training
  • United States
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology