We’ve been experimenting with Mixed Reality (MR) capture methods to showcase some of our VR modules. The above video is our experimental result, and was presented at the 3D Med Australia 2018 Conference in Melbourne, Australia. In VR development, one challenge we constantly encounter is communicating the VR experience, especially in settings where … Read More
Recently we’ve embarked on a self-assigned task to experiment with some new ideas and explore some under-utilized tools in our surgical animation pipeline repertoire. We’ve acquired some animal organs from a local butcher shop (sometimes referred to as “offals”), and testing our knowledge of comparative vertebrate anatomy, have been dissecting them to make the perfect … Read More
Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day and TVASurg is helping to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer, one of the world’s deadliest cancers. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers. Surgery is often the option used to remove pancreatic cancers, with the Whipple procedure being the most common operation. We have a … Read More
Last week the Biomedical Communications Alumni Association hosted its annual, semi-formal one-day symposium event at the University of Toronto St. George campus. Graduates and current students of the BMC program meet and share stories about recent projects, new work experiences and skills they’ve been developing. It’s a day of short talks interspersed with the BMCAA … Read More
TVASurg started in 2011 as a surgical video atlas focused on hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) and multi-organ transplant (MOT) cases. TVASurg has since evolved to include many new additions including interactive learning modules, conference lectures and obstetrics/gynaecology (OBGYN) procedures. As we continue to collaborate with other surgical specialties and explore new innovations for our viewers, we want … Read More