title: The Role of Haptics in Medical Training Simulators: A Survey of the State of the Art.
abstract: This review paper discusses the role of haptics within virtual medical training applications, particularly, where it can be used to aid a practitioner to learn and practice a task. The review summarizes aspects to be considered in the deployment of haptics technologies in medical training. First, both force/torque and tactile feedback hardware solutions that are currently produced commercially and in academia are reviewed, followed by the available haptics-related software and then an in-depth analysis of medical training simulations that include haptic feedback. The review is summarized with scrutiny of emerging technologies and discusses future directions in the field.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Coles
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meglan
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: John