FEDER - ESPRIMED - EM.SIM.BASICS PROJECT
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ESPRIMED
Interventional radiology (IR) consists of using imaging, particularly X-rays, to guide devices in the human body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. The rate of increase in interventional procedures is of the order of 10 to 20% per year and this discipline is a major focus of the new 2014-2020 Cancer Plan. For example, the CAEN University Hospital carried out 2,023 IR procedures related to oncology in 2013. Due to the duration and complexity of the procedures, the radiation doses delivered to patients and received by practitioners can be very high. IR is definitely the practice to which the institutions responsible for preventing ionizing risks are paying the most attention today. The Nuclear Safety Authority is thus maintaining IR as an inspection priority for the coming years and the High Authority for Health (HAS) published in May 2014 a guide intended to support health professionals in the prevention of deterministic risk in IR. Prevention of radiological risk and the application of the principle of dose optimization mainly depend on the level of training and qualification of the healthcare teams. However, according to articles R.4451-47 and 50 of the labor code, any worker likely to work in a supervised or controlled zone must benefit from training in the radiation protection of the patient (renewed every 10 years) and training in the radiation protection of the worker (renewed every 3 years). This training obligation falls on the employer. Most often, the main obstacles to training mentioned by healthcare structures are the cost, the lack of time of healthcare staff but also the lack of attractiveness of theoretical lessons. The development of simulation for the initial and continuing training of health professionals stands out as an essential innovation which allows one to immerse oneself in reality, to mobilize one's knowledge without taking any risk for the patient and for oneself. This mode of simulation training is supported by the HAS. The objective of the project is therefore to create “serious game” type training software in which the learner will be placed at the center of the action in a very realistic 3D virtual environment reconstituting an IR or operating theater room. In this environment, the learner will be able to choose their operating protocol, their individual and collective protective equipment, freely place the patient and the position of their team in the room in order to identify the right gestures, good radioprotection practices, by illustrating in an interactive and visual manner the influence of their gesture on the dose they receive and on the dose delivered to the patient's skin. The project brings together 4 partners with complementary expertise, essential for the development of a digital training tool for radiation protection in a medical environment: OREKA INGENIERIE, CHU CAEN, esprimed and CEA/INSTN.
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