Mixed reality humans: Evaluating behavior, usability, and acceptability

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-382

  Kotranza, Aaron ^a   Lok, Benjamin ^a   Deladisma, Adeline ^b   Pugh, Carla M ^c   Lind, D Scott ^b  

^a University of Florida

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation methodology; Human centered computing; Intelligent agents; Medicine; User interfaces; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SKILLS; EMBODIED AGENTS; EVALUATION/METHODOLOGY; HUMAN PATIENTS; HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING; MEDICAL STUDENTS; MIXED REALITIES; SOCIAL ACTORS; USER BEHAVIORS; VIRTUAL HUMANS; VISUAL REALISMS;

AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT COMPUTING; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL AGENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOUCH;

BREAST; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALPATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 62949150112     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2008.195     Document Type: Article

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