Figure 4From: A patient-specific surgical simulator using preoperative imaging data: an interactive simulator using a three-dimensional tactile mouseRight hepatectomy of the liver on a virtual 3D model. (1) Right side of Glisson’s capsule was exposed and divided. (2) Demarcation line in the liver parenchyma was identified. (3) Hepatic parenchyma and smaller vessels were transected. (4) Right hepatic vein was exposed in the half-translucency view and transected. (5) Virtual right lobectomy was completed. (6) The middle hepatic vein was exposed at the resection plane of the residual liver.Back to article page