National Institutes of Health Awards Kitware Over $600,000 to Develop Advancements in Neurosurgical Simulation

Posted By: Anonymous | Posted On: Mar 13,2010 18:30 pm | View: 9 Kitware, a company that builds open source platforms and develops advanced research solutions, has received a two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $600,000 to focus research efforts on developing approach-specific, multi-GPU, multi-tool, high-realism neurosurgery simulation. The goal of the research is to work towards an interactive simulator that replicates future neurosurgery cases of young surgeons, enabling hospitals faced with compressed intern schedules to accelerate training and improve skills. Read More: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3724394.htm