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ArticleLearning and collaboration technologies : 10th International Conference, LCT 2023, held as part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23-28, 2023, proceedings. Part II. LCT (Conference) (10th : 2...2023

Evaluation of WebRTC in the Cloud for Surgical Simulations: A case study on Virtual Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic Skill Trainer (ViRCAST).

William Kwabla, Furkan Dinc, Khalil Oumimoun, Sinan Kockara, Tansel Halic, Doga Demirel, Sreekanth Arikatla, Shahryar Ahmadi

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Article in Learning and collaboration technologies : 10th International Conference, LCT 2023, held as part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23-28, 2023, proceedings. Part II. LCT (Conference) (10th : 2..., 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

William KwablaUniversity of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA.
Furkan DincUniversity of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA.
Khalil OumimounUniversity of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA.
Sinan KockaraLamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5881-1653
Tansel HalicIntuitive Surgical, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2558-4001
Doga DemirelFlorida Polytechnic University, Lakeland Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8270-1163
Sreekanth ArikatlaKitware Inc., Carrboro, North Carolina, USA.
Shahryar AhmadiMemorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group, Long Beach, California, USA.
University of Central Arkansas · USFlorida Polytechnic University · USIntuitive Surgical (Switzerland) · CHKitware (United States) · USLamar University · USMemorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group · US

Funding

Understanding Hesitant AdoptersP20GM103429 · NIGMS · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI Lawrence E Cornett, JERRY WARE · 2012 to 2026
$60.9M
Physically Realistic Virtual SurgeryR01EB005807 · NIBIB · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI DE, SUVRANU, JACKSON, CULLEN DAVIS · 2006 to 2024
$7.0M
Development and validation of a Virtual Colorectal Surgical Trainer (VCoST)R01EB025241 · NIBIB · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI DE, SUVRANU · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Virtual Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic Skill TrainerR44AR075481 · NIAMS · KITWARE, INC. · PI ENQUOBAHRIE, ANDINET ASMAMAW · 2019 to 2021
$1.7M
Development and Validation of a Virtual Bariatric Endoscopic (ViBE) simulatorR01EB033674 · NIBIB · FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIV · PI DE, SUVRANU · 2022 to 2024
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R44 AR075481NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB005807NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB025241NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB033674NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) is an open-source technology which enables remote peer-to-peer video and audio connection. It has quickly become the new standard for real-time communications over the web and is commonly used as a video conferencing platform. In this study, we present a different application domain which may greatly benefit from WebRTC technology, that is virtual reality (VR) based surgical simulations. Virtual Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic Skill Trainer (ViRCAST) is our testing platform that we completed preliminary feasibility studies for WebRTC. Since the elasticity of cloud computing provides the ability to meet possible future hardware/software requirements and demand growth, ViRCAST is deployed in a cloud environment. Additionally, in order to have plausible simulations and interactions, any VR-based surgery simulator must have haptic feedback. Therefore, we implemented an interface to WebRTC for integrating haptic devices. We tested ViRCAST on Google cloud through haptic-integrated WebRTC at various client configurations. Our experiments showed that WebRTC with cloud and haptic integrations is a feasible solution for VR-based surgery simulators. From our experiments, the WebRTC integrated simulation produced an average frame rate of 33 fps, and the hardware integration produced an average lag of 0.7 milliseconds in real-time.

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cloud computingremote collaborationsurgical educationsurgical simulationwebRTC

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PMID37961077
PMCPMC10642557
OpenAlexW4379882794

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