| A user-friendly interface for surgeons to create haptic effects in medical simulation. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 17377301 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Haptics, namely the sense of touch, has been playing an important role in medical simulation. However, most medical practitioners, who are best suited to create the training environments, do not have the engineering expertise necessary for programming a haptic environment. We propose a user-friendly interface that allows surgeons to arbitrarily select regions on a 3D model of an organ, similar to "painting-by-numbers", and tune the haptic properties of each region in an intuitive way. The selected region and tuned haptic properties are recorded in a lookup table in real-time. The proposed user interface is assessed by comparing the haptic effects of a tumor on a virtual liver created by a number of surgeons. |
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Authors:
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Liya Ni; David W L Wang; Adam Dubrowski; Heather Carnahan |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Studies in health technology and informatics Volume: 125 ISSN: 0926-9630 ISO Abbreviation: Stud Health Technol Inform Publication Date: 2007 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-03-22 Completed Date: 2007-05-18 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9214582 Medline TA: Stud Health Technol Inform Country: Netherlands |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 349-51 Citation Subset: T |
Affiliation:
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Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada. |
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Computer Simulation* General Surgery* Humans Imaging, Three-Dimensional Ontario Physicians* Touch* User-Computer Interface* |
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