Title :
A haptic command station for remote ultrasound examinations
Author :
Guerraz, Agnès ; Hennion, Bernard ; Thorel, Pierre ; Pellissier, Franck ; Vienne, Alexandre ; Belghit, Ismael
Author_Institution :
France Telecom Res. & Dev., Xerox-The Document Co., Meylan, France
Abstract :
The goal of this remote ultrasound examination project is to provide an accurate solution to practice expert examination in distant geographic areas. Starting from the statement that experts are few and far between and are located in big hospital centers, the aim of this project is to provide secure and precise scan examinations for the largest population. The high value and performance of the medical gesture are the main reasons for haptic interface use. In this goal, a haptic command station is developed to give a haptic virtual environment for the medical expert. The paper describes the virtual model of the remote patient to set up the haptic command station
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; force feedback; haptic interfaces; medical robotics; rendering (computer graphics); telemedicine; telerobotics; virtual reality; expert examination; haptic command station; haptic interface; haptic virtual environment; medical expert; remote patient; remote ultrasound examinations; scan examinations; Biomedical imaging; Force feedback; Haptic interfaces; Hospitals; Layout; Research and development; Solid modeling; Telecommunications; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2002. HAPTICS 2002. Proceedings. 10th Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1489-8
DOI :
10.1109/HAPTIC.2002.998945
