Military Medical Simulations-Scoping Review.

Introduction: The military employs a wide variety of training paradigms to prepare a ready medical force. Simulation-based training is prominently used in the military for all roles of care to provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to render care from the battlefield to the hospital. The purpose of this scoping review is to synthesize the body of research in military healthcare simulation, highlight trends in the literature, and identify research gaps.

One-shot skill assessment in high-stakes domains with limited data via meta learning.

Deep Learning (DL) has achieved robust competency assessment in various high-stakes fields. However, the applicability of DL models is often hampered by their substantial data requirements and confinement to specific training domains. This prevents them from transitioning to new tasks where data is scarce.

Assessment of Surgical Tasks Using Neuroimaging Dataset (ASTaUND).

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a neuroimaging tool for studying brain activity in mobile subjects. Open-access fNIRS datasets are limited to simple and/or motion-restricted tasks. Here, we report a fNIRS dataset acquired on mobile subjects performing Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) tasks in a laboratory environment.

Automated Video Debriefing Using Computer Vision Techniques.

Introduction: Within any training event, debriefing is a vital component that highlights areas of proficiency and deficiency, enables reflection, and ultimately provides opportunity for remediation. Video-based debriefing is desirable to capture performance and replay events, but the reality is rife with challenges, principally lengthy video and occlusions that block line of sight from camera equipment to participants.

Methods: To address this issue, researchers automated the editing of a video debrief, using a system of person-worn cameras and computer vision techniques.

Simulation-based education improves military trainees' skill performance and self-confidence in tourniquet placement: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is the standard of care for stabilization and treatment of military trauma patients. The Department of Defense has mandated that all service members receive role-based TCCC training and certification. Simulation education can increase procedural skills by providing opportunities for deliberate practice in safe, controlled environments.

The effect of autostereoscopic holograms on anatomical knowledge: a randomised trial.

Context: Three-dimensional (3-D) visualisation in anatomical education has been shown to be broadly beneficial for students. However, there is limited research on the relative efficacy of 3-D modalities. This study compares knowledge performance, mental effort and instructional efficiency between autostereoscopic 3-D visualisation (holograms), monoscopic 3-D visualisation (3-DPDFs) and a control (2-D printed images).

Real-time passive tracking for multi-touch medical modeling and simulation.

The military medical community expects to minimize use of live tissue and cadavers for training purposes. This research demonstrates an innovative use of synthetic tissue and passive tracking computer vision to create a real-time, interactive environment for training medical staff.