Enhancing training in lower gastrointestinal procedures through virtual technology.
The LoGiViT project seeks to develop a Virtual Training Environment (VTE) for colonoscopy, addressing the limitations of existing simulators, which are expensive, bulky, and offer limited training scenarios. The objective is to create a realistic simulator using virtual reality and 3D models to replicate endoscope interactions with the large intestine. A key feature, the Large Intestine Model Editor (LIME), will allow users to generate diverse anatomical models without specialized expertise. Following a participatory design approach, the simulator will be developed in collaboration with experts and trainees and validated through controlled studies to ensure its effectiveness as a training tool.
Commercial consumer-grade hardware overcoming the cost barrier of proprietary medical simulators.
Intuitive authoring tool to generate procedural colon geometries and pathologies without 3D expertise.
Co-designed and rigorously tested with medical gastroenterologists, residents, and clinical specialists.
Large Intestine Model Editor (LIME): Design and pilot evaluation of an editor for parameterized large intestine 3D models
Presentation and trials of LoGiViT in the Practical Therapeutic Endoscopy Course for Trainees.
Interview about the project in the GCiencia online journal
Read online article
Presentation of the project at the IISGS & atlanTTic Research Center collaboration event
Presentation of the project at the 15th atlanTTic Research Center anniversary in Vigo, Spain
Presentation of the project at the GALIA Tech Event at Marco the Vigo, Spain
Systematic review of subjective validation methods for computerized colonoscopy simulators
Presentation of the project to Biomedical Engineering Degree students in the subject Structure and Medical-Surgical Pathology
Presentation project at Povisa Hospital in Vigo to the interhospital gastroendoscopy committee
Trial period of LoGiViT by the Digestive Unit of Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital
Presentation of project to the Digestive Unit of Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital
Published in Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing • Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published in Health Informatics Journal, Vol. 30(3) • SAGE Publications Ltd
Presented at Lecture Notes in Educational Technology • Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 218-226
Presented at Proceedings of 2022 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2022 • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Presented at SIIE 2022 - 24th International Symposium on Computers in Education • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Virtual training environment overview and simulation walkthrough
Model editor functionality demo, v3.0
Random model generation demo, v3.0
Coverage training demo, v3.0
Polyp identification training demo, v3.0
Presentation of the project at the GALIA Tech Event at Marco the Vigo, Spain
Department of Telematics Engineering
E.E. Telecomunicación
GIST (Telematic Systems Engineering Group)
atlanTTic Research Center
School of Telecommunications Engineering
Rúa Maxwell, s/n, 36310
Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain