Physics-Based Deformable Models: Applications to Computer Vision, Graphics, and Medical Imaging
Physics-Based Deformable Models: Applications to Computer Vision, Graphics, and Medical Imaging
Development of a Training System for Cardiac Muscle Palpation
MICCAI '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-Part I
Development of a Training System for Cardiac Muscle Palpation
MICCAI '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention-Part I
Collaborative and immersive medical education in a virtual workbench environment
KES'05 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - Volume Part III
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Touching the cardiac muscle is necessary to get mechanical conditions of muscle before cardiac surgery. The cardiac palpation is the only way to make surgical plans for left ventricular plastic surgery. The training system for cardiac palpation we have developed consists of a MRI-based virtual left ventricular image and a one-dimensional manipulator as a haptic device. Mechanical properties of the cardiac muscles of a dog and a pig are embedded in the virtual heart. Our experiments show that the developed training system enables users to feel the reactional force to the virtual heart surface from the manipulator in real time.