Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Trans. AMMM

Exploring realistic haptics for 3D-printed organ phantoms in surgery training in VR and AR

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Thomas Lück , Hans Nopper , Olav Schendel , Dirk Weyhe , Daniela Salzmann , Verena Uslar , Anke V. Reinschluessel , Tanja Döring , Thomas Muender , Rainer Malaka , Andrea Schenk , Christian Schumann 

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Abstract

Virtual (VR) and Augmented reality (AR)  represent  excellent tools for surgeons to understand spatial relationships, to train their workflow to improve surgery results. By providing realistic haptic feedback, implementing 3D-printed organ phantoms to those tools, their benefit gets even more compelling, increasing their immersion. In this work investigates the realism of organ phantoms regarding physical hardness, touch and feel. In a user study with 12  surgeons, we evaluated casted liver phantoms in 50 %, scale of the actual liver size. Results from surgeons allowed the configuration of a measurement tool for exact exploration of realistic haptics within this context.

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Exploring realistic haptics for 3D-printed organ phantoms in surgery training in VR and AR . (2020). Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2020.2009026

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Exploring realistic haptics for 3D-printed organ phantoms in surgery training in VR and AR . (2020). Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2020.2009026

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