TY - JOUR
T1 - A pervasive visual haptic framework for virtual delivery training
AU - Abate, A.F.
AU - Acampora, G.
AU - Loia, V.
AU - Ricciardi, S.
AU - Vasilakos, A.V.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Thanks to the advances of voltage regulator (VR)
technologies and haptic systems, virtual simulators are increasingly
becoming a viable alternative to physical simulators in medicine
and surgery, though many challenges still remain. In this study, a
pervasive visual–haptic framework aimed to the training of obstetricians
and midwives to vaginal delivery is described. The haptic
feedback is provided by means of two hand-based haptic devices
able to reproduce force-feedbacks on fingers and arms, thus enabling
a much more realistic manipulation respect to stilus-based
solutions. The interactive simulation is not solely driven by an approximated
model of complex forces and physical constraints but,
instead, is approached by a formal modeling of the whole labor and
of the assistance/intervention procedures performed by means of a
timed automata network and applied to a parametrical 3-D model
of the anatomy, able to mimic a wide range of configurations. This
novel methodology is able to represent not only the sequence of
the main events associated to either a spontaneous or to an operative
childbirth process, but also to help in validating the manual
intervention as the actions performed by the user during the simulation
are evaluated according to established medical guidelines.
A discussion on the first results as well as on the challenges still
unaddressed is included.
AB - Thanks to the advances of voltage regulator (VR)
technologies and haptic systems, virtual simulators are increasingly
becoming a viable alternative to physical simulators in medicine
and surgery, though many challenges still remain. In this study, a
pervasive visual–haptic framework aimed to the training of obstetricians
and midwives to vaginal delivery is described. The haptic
feedback is provided by means of two hand-based haptic devices
able to reproduce force-feedbacks on fingers and arms, thus enabling
a much more realistic manipulation respect to stilus-based
solutions. The interactive simulation is not solely driven by an approximated
model of complex forces and physical constraints but,
instead, is approached by a formal modeling of the whole labor and
of the assistance/intervention procedures performed by means of a
timed automata network and applied to a parametrical 3-D model
of the anatomy, able to mimic a wide range of configurations. This
novel methodology is able to represent not only the sequence of
the main events associated to either a spontaneous or to an operative
childbirth process, but also to help in validating the manual
intervention as the actions performed by the user during the simulation
are evaluated according to established medical guidelines.
A discussion on the first results as well as on the challenges still
unaddressed is included.
U2 - 10.1109/TITB.2010.2043678
DO - 10.1109/TITB.2010.2043678
M3 - Article
C2 - 20659831
SN - 1089-7771
VL - 14
SP - 326
EP - 334
JO - IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
JF - IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
IS - 2
ER -