TURP trainer
The project dealt with the generic problem of training and monitoring minimally invasive endoscopic soft tissue surgery by tracking tools and tissue.
A training system for transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) was developed as a particular concept demonstrator (hence the name TURP - Trainer/ Monitor). The final report can be downloaded.
The project was a joint venture of Imperial College and the Bristol Urological Institute at Southmead Hospital, carried out between April 1998 and March 2001. It was sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC grant GR/L80577/01). Additional sponsors included Karl Storz Endoscopy (UK), and Limbs & Things Ltd.
Images from the TURP trainer project
Click on a thumbnail image to see a larger version. All images are Copyright Imperial College - if you wish to use one, please contact the group first - we may be able to provide images at a higher resolution than those shown here.
![Overview of TURP trainer](/media/migration/research-groups/5235907--tojpeg_1449484607390_x2.jpg)
![Computer assisted TURP trainer in use](/media/migration/research-groups/5235908--tojpeg_1449484920955_x2.jpg)
![Resectoscope instrumented to allow tracking of its position, orientation and cutter extension](/media/migration/research-groups/5235909--tojpeg_1449485354633_x2.jpg)
![View of ring containing IREDs to allow the resectoscope’s position and orientation to be monitored](/media/migration/research-groups/5237906--tojpeg_1449485579174_x2.jpg)
![View of mock-up abdomen. The prostate phantom is secured within it.](/media/migration/research-groups/5237907--tojpeg_1449485666998_x2.jpg)
![View of the prostate phantom used, made by Limbs & Things Ltd, Bristol.](/media/migration/research-groups/5237908--tojpeg_1449485863470_x2.jpg)
![View of the artificial “bladder”, designed at Imperial College to contain a gelatine prostate phantom that can be scanned using ultrasound](/media/migration/research-groups/5237909--tojpeg_1449485919540_x2.jpg)
![Formers and moulds for the gelatine phantoms, based on the Limbs & Things prostate, that can be scanned using ultrasound](/media/migration/research-groups/5237911--tojpeg_1449485978117_x2.jpg)
![The operating room tracking probe for the resectoscope, manufactured by Traxtal Technologies](/media/migration/research-groups/5237912--tojpeg_1449486029234_x2.jpg)
![Visibility tests in the operating room of the resectosocpe instrumented for optical tracking](/media/migration/research-groups/5237913--tojpeg_1449486073616_x2.jpg)