• DocumentCode
    3193902
  • Title

    UltraPulse - simulating a human arterial pulse with focussed airborne ultrasound

  • Author

    Hung, G.M.Y. ; John, N.W. ; Hancock, C.P. ; Gould, D.A. ; Hoshi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    2511
  • Lastpage
    2514
  • Abstract
    Medical simulators provide a risk-free environment for trainee doctors to practice and improve their skills. UltraPulse is a new tactile system designed to utilise focussed airborne ultrasound to mimic a pulsation effect such as that of a human arterial pulse. In this paper, we focus on the construction of the haptics component, which can later be integrated into a variety of medical procedure training simulators.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; blood vessels; haptic interfaces; UltraPulse; focussed airborne ultrasound; haptics component; human arterial pulse; medical procedure training simulators; pulsation effect; risk-free environment; tactile system; trainee doctors; Acoustics; Arrays; Force; Haptic interfaces; Training; Transducers; Ultrasonic imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Osaka
  • ISSN
    1557-170X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610050
  • Filename
    6610050
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3193902