Journal article
The design and testing of a force feedback dental simulator
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, Vol.64(1), pp.53-64
2001
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(00)00089-4
PMID: 11084233
Abstract
The Iowa Dental Surgical Simulator is a haptic simulator to train dental students in the haptic skills of dentistry. The initial design emphasizes the detection of carious lesions. This work describes the software and implementation of the prototype system, the design tradeoffs’ and the technical issues associated with haptic and graphics subsystems. The work also describes the current system performance, including a formal evaluation by practicing dentists and performance measures. A discussion of the limitations of the current system is followed by an analysis of opportunities to improve the quality of the simulator. The results should be of interest to designers of medical haptic simulation systems and other simulation designers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The design and testing of a force feedback dental simulator
- Creators
- Geb Thomas - The College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USALynn Johnson - The College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USASteven Dow - The College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAClark Stanford - The College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, Vol.64(1), pp.53-64
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0169-2607(00)00089-4
- PMID
- 11084233
- NLM abbreviation
- Comput Methods Programs Biomed
- ISSN
- 0169-2607
- eISSN
- 1872-7565
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Prosthodontics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984040453602771
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