A human-machine interface for medical image analysis and visualization in virtual environments

Krapichler, Christian; Haubner, Michael; Lösch, Andreas; Englmeier, Karl‐Hans

doi:10.1109/icassp.1997.595324

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“…The BioMuse (BioControl Systems, Bellevue, WA, USA) is an electro-oculography device that is available for eye tracking. The BioMuse allows for eye tracking; however, the vertical movements become unreliable due to the reflex motion of blinking [ 127 ]. The Headhunter Head and Eye Tracking System (ISCAN, Inc., Woburn, MA, USA) is a limbus tracking device [ 128 ].…”

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Towards immersive virtual reality (iVR): a route to surgical expertise

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Surgery is characterized by complex tasks performed in stressful environments. To enhance patient safety and reduce errors, surgeons must be trained in environments that mimic the actual clinical setting. Rasmussen’s model of human behavior indicates that errors in surgical procedures may be skill-, rule-, or knowledge-based. While skill-based behavior and some rule-based behavior may be taught using box trainers and ex vivo or in vivo animal models, we posit that multimodal immersive virtual reality (iVR) that includes high-fidelity visual as well as other sensory feedback in a seamless fashion provides the only means of achieving true surgical expertise by addressing all three levels of human behavior. While the field of virtual reality is not new, realization of the goals of complete immersion is challenging and has been recognized as a Grand Challenge by the National Academy of Engineering. Recent technological advances in both interface and computational hardware have generated significant enthusiasm in this field. In this paper, we discuss convergence of some of these technologies and possible evolution of the field in the near term.

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“…They were originally presented as the most natural way to navigate through and interact with virtual reality environments, generated by military simulators or by entertainment applications [5]. More recently, thanks to technological progress and cost reduction, they have been proposed for advanced interaction in a broader spectrum of applicative fields, ranging from industrial processes to medical applications [6]. In this latter field the researches on gesture based interaction are often focused on the replacement of conventional input devices like keyboard and mouse with a contact-less interface for sterile operating room interventions.…”

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Gesture Based Interface for Crime Scene Analysis: A Proposal

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Levialdi

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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2008

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Within crime scene analysis, a framework providing interactive visualization and gesture based manipulation of virtual objects, while still seeing the real environment, seems a useful approach for the interpretation of cues and for instructional purposes as well. This paper presents a framework providing a collection of techniques to enhance reliability, accuracy and overall effectiveness of gesture-based interaction, applied to an interactive interpretation and evaluation of a crime scene in an augmented reality environment. The interface layout is visualized via a stereoscopic see-through capable Head Mounted Display (HMD), projecting graphics in the central region of the user's field of view, floating in a close-at-hand volume. The interaction paradigm concurrently exploits both hands to perform precise manipulation of 3D models of objects, eventually present on the crime scene, or even distance/angular measurements, allowing to formulate visual hypothesis with the lowest interaction effort. A real-time adaptation of interaction to the user's needs is performed by monitoring hands and fingers' dynamics, in order to allow both complex actions (like the above mentioned manipulation or measurement) and conventional keyboardlike operations.

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“…To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. AVI '10, May 25-29, 2010, Rome, Italy Copyright © 2010 ACM 978-1-4503-0076-6/10/05... $10.0 Today, haptic devices providing realistic force feedback to the manipulation of virtual objects [3] allow the users of visual-haptic simulators not only to practice at a visual level but also to develop the haptic-knowledge required to perform hand-based tasks [4]. Medical/surgical training applications [5] may particularly benefit from a visual-haptic approach, since they are inherently dependent on physical interaction [6,7].…”

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Ricciardi

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces

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Virtual simulators have been used in the last twenty years for applications ranging from flight simulation to computer-based training, just to name a few. More recently a new level of simulation has been introduced thanks to haptic interfaces able to reproduce kinesthetic and/or tactile feedback, typically experimented during interaction with real-world objects. In this paper visual simulation and haptic interfaces are integrated in a novel training system for Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), an in-vitro fertilization technique which is now a standard for the treatment of human infertility. We describe a virtual micromanipulation simulator made by two hand-based Cyberforce haptic devices (a synthetic replica of the actual manipulation gear) and a visual-haptic engine simulating the shape and the dynamic behavior of the main components in the artificial fertilization process: the human egg, the selected sperm and the micro needles required to inject the latter into the egg's cytoplasm. Our first tests, conducted so far, are encouraging.

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A human-machine interface for medical image analysis and visualization in virtual environments

Cited by 12 publications

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Towards immersive virtual reality (iVR): a route to surgical expertise

Towards immersive virtual reality (iVR): a route to surgical expertise

Gesture Based Interface for Crime Scene Analysis: A Proposal

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