title: Efficient soft tissue deformation using charged particles.
abstract: As the power of personal computing increases, there is a greater demand for high fidelity virtual environments for medical training simulators. However, it is still a challenge to provide realistic soft tissue deformation especially when haptic feedback is also required. This paper presents a new approach to soft tissue deformation using a novel Charged Particle method to efficiently model both the structure and haptic properties of anatomy in real time.
authors.affiliation: Bangor University, UK.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Nigel W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: John
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003238:Connective Tissue; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014110:Touch; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface