Look and Feel: Haptic Interaction for Biomedicine

Abstract

Our goal is to develop the technological foundation of advanced haptic systems and to assembly that technology into a useful surgical simulator. The surgical simulator we envision will allow training of biomedical procedures in a virtual environment that features realistic interaction with simulated anatomy and surgical tools through haptic force feedback, 3D graphics, and sound. In addition to direct training, surgical emulators could be used to assess surgical performance and play a role in certification. This report describes our progress in building such a system.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA286984

Entities

People

  • Marc Raibert

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Biomedicine
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Graphics
  • Haptics
  • Health Services
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Medical Personnel
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Surgery
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology