A stiffness discrimination experiment including analysis of palpation forces and velocities

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 279-288

  Karadogan, Ernur ^a   Williams II, Robert L ^a   Howell II, John N ^a   Conatser Jr , Robert R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Haptics; Palpation; Palpation force; Palpation velocity; Stiffness discrimination; Weber fraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSATION; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78049292707     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181e9e783     Document Type: Article

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