Training and evaluation of lumbar punctures in a VR-environment using a 6DOF haptic device

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 132, Issue , 2008, Pages 112-114

  Färber, Matthias ^a   Hoeborn, Erik ^a,b   Dalek, David ^a   Hummel, Friedhelm ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a   Bohn, Christian A ^b   Handels, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b University of Applied Sciences Wedel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haptic feedback; Lumbar puncture; Procedure simulation; Surgical Simulation; Virtual reality; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLOW VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEEDLE INSERTION; PROCEDURE SIMULATION; RENDERING APPROACH; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM; SURGICAL SIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PUNCTURE; TOUCH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44249123095     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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