After a year and a half of development, Canada’s National Research Council has announced that its neurosurgical simulator is ready for prime time.  The device acquires a fMRI image and then allows a surgeon in training to manipulate a scalpel in, say, removing a tumor.  Force feedback approximates the right “touch.” MORE

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Virtual incision – A team member demonstrates the new simulation system.

IMAGE CREDIT: NRCa  and Technology Review