A cost effective simulator for education of ultrasound image interpretation and probe manipulation.

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Date publication

janvier 2011

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MARESCAUX Jacques, Pr SOLER Luc


Tous les auteurs :
Nicolau SA, Vemuri A, Wu HS, Huang MH, Ho Y, Charnoz A, Hostettler A, Forest C, Soler L, Marescaux J

Résumé

Ultrasonography is the lowest cost no risk medical imaging technique. However, reading an ultrasonographic (US) image as well as performing a good US probe positioning remain difficult tasks. Education in this domain is today performed on patients, thus limiting it to the most common cases. In this paper, we present a cost effective simulator that allows US image practice and realistic probe manipulation from CT data. More precisely, we tackle the issue of providing a realistic interface for the probe manipulation with a basic haptic feedback.

Référence

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;163:403-7.