VISweb

VISweb is a collection of hundreds of biomechanical simulations of various individuals in different situations. It could for example be a young man in a rear-end collision in a car, or an elderly lady who has fallen and hit a table. The user can choose sex, age, type of external violence, impact degree, the level of speed and acceleration or hardness and material of the surface that is hit by the person.

VISweb should be simple to use with clear directions and visualizations, so the user can easily understand the biomechanics. This will be developed with user surveys and test panels.

It is also a challenge to deliver these simulations to the users in real time over the Internet. A lot of development time will be dedicated at optimizing the models and the graphics, and at finding out how the large amounts of data should be packeted and transmitted.

What the users will see is:

-          Cinematics – movements of body and tissue

and

-          Loads –  tension, pressure and strain on tissues.

The user will be given the possibility of seeing the simulations from various positions, of zooming in on interesting parts, of looking specifically at a type of tissue, e.g. ligament and brain tissue, and getting tips on which areas or tissues that are receiving great strains due to the external violence.

This is thus the basic product – the demonstrator – but there is big potential to develop other areas of use. For example the product could be developed for finding out how an injury affects the patient and how an eventual treatment could help. By extension, the product will be developed for other trades such as producers of protective equipment and insurance companies.