Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:18:43 -0700 (PDT)
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PROJECT_STATUS01_NAME1=Michael Downes
PROJECT_STATUS02_NAME2=Amy Hsu
PROJECT_STATUS03_NAME3=Michael Steele
PROJECT_STATUS04_TITLE=A Virtual Environment for Training Minimally Invasive Gall Bladder Removal Surgery
PROJECT_STATUS05_DESCR=
PROJECT_STATUS06_WDONE=We've implemented a mass and spring-based model for deformable 
ducts whcich can be interacted with in real-time.  The possible
 interactions include realistic motion and the ability to cut 
the ducts.  We also have rough models of the organs involved
in the simulation (the gall bladder, liver, and duodenum).  
Right now, the sim includes a simple model of fat occluding
the duct structure and provides an interface for gradually 
removing the fat deposits to display the underlying duct structure.
In addition, we've copied textures for the ducts, organs, and 
fatty tissue from videos of actual surgeries.
PROJECT_STATUS07_INPUT=Mouse
PROJECT_STATUS08_OUTPT=Monitor
PROJECT_STATUS09_SYSTM=Other
PROJECT_STATUS10_DEADL=We plan to have applied the texture maps mentioned above to 
our rough organ models, improved the speed of the sim, and
begun to interface the surgical instrument mockups mentioned
below with our code.

PROJECT_STATUS11_URL..=www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mdownes/cs294proj.html
PROJECT_STATUS12_QUEST=Our input devices will be specially designed replicas of the
actual surgical instruments used in the procedure.  The code
is being developed using OpenGL, Motif, and GLUT.