Title page -- Preface -- Contents -- Special Visual Effects for Surgical Simulation: Cauterization, Irrigation and Suction -- A haptic model of a bone-cutting burr -- Mixed Reality for Neurosurgery: A Novel Prototype -- GeRTiSS: Generic Real Time Surgery Simulation -- Simulating Needle Insertion and Radioactive Seed Implantation for Prostate Brachytherapy -- In-Vivo and In-Situ Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Soft Tissues -- A VR- System Supporting Symmetry Related Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery -- Analyzing the MMVR Research Space: Past Emphases, Future Directions -- Online Training Evaluation in VR Simulators Using Gaussian Mixture Models -- Quantifying Expert vs. Novice Skill In Vivo for Development of a Laryngoscopy Simulator -- Modelling Human Burn Injuries in a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment -- Novel Algorithms for Polarization Imaging Resulting in Improved Quantification of Retinal Blood Vessels -- 3D Tooth Shape from Radiographs using Thin-Plate Splines -- The Virtual Craniofacial Patient: 3D Jaw Modeling and Animation -- Dynamic MR-Mammography in Virtual Reality -- Development of an Interactive Teaching System Based on Motion Synchrony Between Physical and Virtual Models -- 3D Visualization Methods to Guide Surgery for Parkinson's Diseas -- Realistic Virtual Endoscopy of the Ventricle System and Haptic-Based Surgical Simulator of Hydrocefalus Treatment -- Cybercare: Virtual Reality Technologies for Homeland Defense -- Trauma Team Training in a Distributed Virtual Emergency Room -- Comparing a Simplified FEM Approach with the Mass-Spring Model for Surgery Simulation -- A robotic surgery system (da Vinci) with image guided function System architecture and cholecystectomy application -- Real-time 3D Deformation Imaging of Abdominal Organs in Laparoscopy -- Metrics and Motion Analysis for Assessment of Surgical Skills