Project on NEUROSURGERY
Project Description.
The purpose of the present project is the creation of INTERNET/GRID resources and technologies for the allocated virtual designing, fast prototyping and telemedicine.Virtual designing and fast prototyping apply in various areas of industry (aviation, mechanical engineering, automobile) and in medicine. We suppose as the basic direction of this project the elaboration of GRID technology for bio-medical applications: the creation of bio-models for surgery and planning of the operations in videoconferences-regime.
The similar joint projects have been realized in the Institute on Laser and Information Technologies of the Russian Academy of Science (ILIT RAS) in cooperation with some clinics and this obtained experience is a basis for the further development.
The process of preparation and planning of operation in neurosurgery consists of the following stages:
- Tomography inspection of the patient and getting of his tomogram: a set of images of separate layers.
- Data transmission via the Internet to the Center of prototyping and modeling.
- The getting of 3D computer model on tomography data, creation virtual implants, construction of the managing program.
- The growing of models on the stereolithography complex.
- The sending of the models to the clinic to make use of them for planning operations and treatment.
- Organization of the videoconferences for the planning of the complicated operations.
Development and creation of the center of virtual modeling, prototyping and telemedicine in ILIT RAS and development on its basis GRID: the infrastructure that will unite the resources of many clinics, the medical experts, the banks of the medical data, expert systems; will allow to apply technologies of biomodeling in various medical institutions more effectively.
GRID for biomedical applications includes the following basic participants and resources:
- Clinics and hospitals in which the inspections including tomograpry inspections are carrying out and operations and treatment are planning and performing
- Medical experts, which individually treat and consult the patients.
- Expert medical systems.
- Data banks of tomograms, databases on implants, models, operations.
- The educational and scientific organizations.
- Complexes for fast prototyping by a method of stereolithography.
- The center of virtual modeling, prototyping and telemedicine in ILIT RAS. The center of virtual modeling and telemedicine in ILIT RAS is organized for performance of the following functions:
- Coordination and management of functioning of GRID's infrastructure for biomedicine.
- Creation, support and updating of bank of tomograms, models and other necessary information for modeling in medicine
- Support of direct communications between hospitals, attending physicians, experts, experts on prototyping for consultations, estimation of models, planning of operations, and complicated neurosurgery operations in videoconference-regime.
- The organization of conferences, meetings, seminars, consultations of participants GRID including the performance of these events in videoconferences-regime in real time as well.
- The organization of the remote training, lectures and seminars for students in the educational organizations.
Organization who response for project from Russian side.
Institute for Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ILIT RAS)Institute for Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ILIT RAS) is one of leading Russian institutes in the field of lasers development, equipment on their base and laser-information technologies. The staff is 400 persons. ILIT located in town Satura, 150 km from Moscow.
MAIN FIELDS OF ACTIVITY
Industrial lasers, laser-computer systems and technologies for materials treatment
- development and fabrication of technological CO2-lasers 0.5-15 kW in power with high
optical quality of radiation
- technologies for laser treatment of materials and computerized laser technological
complexes with adaptive control systems for cutting, welding, surface modification, labelling
operations
- development of laser optoelectronic systems for non-destructive diagnostics of materials'
subsurface structures.
- basic research in the field of creation of base elements and materials for multiwave optical information networks
- systems for laser stereolithography
- methods and systems for adaptive optics to solve problems of information processing, control of technological processes of materials treatment
- laser technologies and systems for micro- and optoelectronics, laser ecological control;
laser systems for synthesis of three-dimensional objects by computer models and tomographic data,
laser systems for transmyocardial revascularization;
biocompatible coatings for stomatology and orthopaedics;
controlled changing of cartilaginous tissue shape
Leader of the project from Russian side.
Vladislav Panchenko,Professor, Director of Institute, Corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences.
panch@laser.ru
Partners in Russia ( as at present moment).
- Moscow Center for childrens jaw – facial surgery.
- Moscow region scientific research clinical institute. ( MONIKI).
- N.N. Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
- P.A. Gertsen Moscow scientific research oncological institute.
- Moscow city clinical hospital N20.
- Moscow scientific practical pediatric center of jaw – facial surgery and neuropatology.
- Center of magnetic tomography and spectroscopy.
- Moscow city clinical hospital N13.
- Samara region clinical hospital. 10. Moscow State University, Physics Department, Center of Medical Physics.
Network Requirements.
- Domestic INTERNET link from Satura to Moscow sites with rates up to 150 Mbit/sec. in future 2 years.
- Videoconference equipment for Center in Satura.
- Access to international links 10 – 20 – 80 Mbit/sec.
