Using the PhysX engine for physics-based virtual surgery with force feedback

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-353

  Maciel, Anderson ^a   Halic, Tansel ^b   Lu, Zhonghua ^b   Nedel, Luciana P ^a   De, Suvranu ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Interaction techniques; Minimally invasive surgery; Physics based simulation; User interfaces haptic I O

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ENGINES; FEEDBACK; HAPTIC INTERFACES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); VIRTUAL REALITY;

FORCE-FEEDBACK; HAPTIC I/O; HAPTICS; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICS-BASED; PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SURGICAL SIMULATORS; USER INTERFACE-HAPTIC I/O;

SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTRIC BANDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70350707868     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.266     Document Type: Article

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