Virtual cochlear implant insertion for medical education

Author

Todd, Catherine ; Naghdy, Fazel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Comput & Telecommun. Eng., Wollongong Univ., NSW, Australia

fYear

2005

fDate

18-20 March 2005

Firstpage

505

Lastpage

506

Abstract

A surgical simulator has been developed for the purpose of training otologists in cochlear implantation. The simulation provides real-time visual and haptic feedback during implant insertion into the human Scala Tympani (ST). The benefits and possible outcomes for this type of simulator are presented. Methods for model generation are discussed, for anatomical and prosthetic structures used in the simulation. Development of the interactive model with force-feedback is presented, with results.

Keywords

biomedical education; ear; force feedback; haptic interfaces; interactive devices; medical computing; prosthetics; training; virtual reality; anatomical structure; force-feedback; haptic feedback; human Scala Tympani; interactive model; medical education; model generation; otologists training; prosthetic structure; real-time visual feedback; surgical simulator; virtual cochlear implant insertion; Cochlear implants; Computational modeling; Electrodes; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Keyboards; Layout; Medical simulation; Surgery; Surges;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Eurohaptics Conference, 2005 and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005. World Haptics 2005. First Joint

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2310-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WHC.2005.145

Filename

1406985