Real-Time Vascular Beating Analog Based on the Mass-Spring Model

Abstract

Virtual vascular interventional operation is a virtual reality technology application in medical training. In this paper, we propose a real-time approach to vascular beating modeling, which can be used in virtual interventional simulation system. First of all, we read out the VTK file of vascular model through VTK function. Then, we choose a center point in a small space and structure the mass-spring model between the center point and other points discreted on the vascular model. After that, we give the center point a force to pull other points. Finally, we set a time callback function to give a beating frequency. Thus, the vascular will beat according to human heart beating rate. Our experimental results show that the method is simple and effective, it can also provide a visually plausible vascular beating effect in a real time way. So it can become an important part of virtual interventional simulation system.