Feasibility of Using SOFA for Surgery Planning with Qt/C++/VTK Integration

[deepumdev]

Dear SOFA Team,

I am developing a software application for surgery planning, and I’m considering using SOFA for simulating soft tissue deformation in response to bone manipulations. My technology stack is Qt (for GUI), C++, and VTK (for 3D visualization).

My input data consists of DICOM slices (CT scans), from which I reconstruct bone and soft tissue surfaces/volumes. I plan to allow surgeons to cut and reposition bones, and then visualize how soft tissues deform accordingly.

Before committing to SOFA, I would like to confirm the following:

Can SOFA be reliably embedded in a Qt-based C++ application, and integrated with VTK for rendering and mesh manipulation?

Does SOFA support soft tissue simulation driven by bone segment movement, ideally using FEM or other physics-based models?

Is it feasible to start only with segmented 3D models derived from DICOM slices , and build the necessary soft tissue simulation?

Can surgical manipulations like osteotomies (bone cuts) and rigid transformations be applied to bones while soft tissues deform dynamically?

Your feedback will help me decide whether SOFA is the right fit for this use case. Thank you very much for your support.

[hugtalbot]

Hi @deepumdev

Thank you for your message and sorry for our latency.
SOFA seems perfectly suited to the objectives of your project.

Can SOFA be reliably embedded in a Qt-based C++ application, and integrated with VTK for rendering and mesh manipulation?

Yes it can, the former SOFA GUI was a Qt-based application

Does SOFA support soft tissue simulation driven by bone segment movement, ideally using FEM or other physics-based models?

Yes it can, SOFA can indeed merge soft and rigid bodies.

Is it feasible to start only with segmented 3D models derived from DICOM slices , and build the necessary soft tissue simulation?

Best is to provide 3D volumetric meshes to SOFA, coming from a prior meshing tool

Can surgical manipulations like osteotomies (bone cuts) and rigid transformations be applied to bones while soft tissues deform dynamically?

Yes topological changes are supported in SOFA. Several of our industrial partners (InfinyTech3D, InSimo) are experts of this field.

Hope this helps.
Best wishes,

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