Niso Levitas · 09-25-2007 · Category: Tech-planations

SURGERY SIMULATION

Every year at the last day of the IDF, Intel answers the same question: "Why we need more computing power?" Intel is working on 80 core CPUs right now, but why? Here is the answer: These pictures may be little bit nauseous, but when you think about the patient who's lying on the patient bed,you will understand the sitution better. The only way for a surgeon to learn a surgery is to do it. Cadavers let young surgeon to get experienced in general tasks, but sometimes can't simulate a real surgery and they get experience in a "live" environment. In this case, patient's only chance is the long-experienced surgeon standing next to the young surgeon while the surgery. The answer is surgical simulation. The process is often likened to flight simulation. Intel showed us how to get experienced on cleft lip, alveolus and palate surgeries using surgery simulator. Actually it was not just a demo. The experienced gained on the simulation used on a real patient. Novices can make hundreds of mistakes on the simulator, but when they get experienced and reach peak levels they will know what is going to happen on a real surgery. More computing power will allow this simulation to map complex shapes like cleft lip. Simulation platform is available only for limited operation and it is still under development.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. 45 Nanometer Technology
3. 45 Nanometer Results
4. Technology Breaks
5. USB 3.0 - PCI-E 3.0
6. SATA 2.6
7. SURGERY SIMULATION

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