Using mixed reality, force feedback and tactile augmentation to improve the realism of medical simulation.
This paper describes an application of a display approach which uses chromakey techniques to composite real and computer-generated images allowing a user to see his hands and medical instruments collocated with the display of virtual objects during a medical training simulation. Haptic feedback is provided through the use of a PHANTOM force feedback device in addition to tactile augmentation, which allows the user to touch virtual objects by introducing corresponding real objects in the workspace. A simplified catheter introducer insertion simulation was developed to demonstrate the capabilities of this approach.
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
J Brian
JB
Fisher
Susan M
SM
Porter
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003626:Data Display; D004501:Education, Medical; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012984:Software; D014110:Touch; D014584:User-Computer Interface