Biomedical soft robots: current status and perspective

T Ashuri, A Armani, R Jalilzadeh Hamidi… - Biomedical Engineering …, 2020‏ - Springer
This paper reviews the current status of soft robots in biomedical field. Soft robots are made
of materials that have comparable modulus of elasticity to that of biological systems. Several …

VR-based simulators for training in minimally invasive surgery

C Basdogan, M Sedef, M Harders… - … Computer Graphics and …, 2007‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simulation-based training using VR techniques is a promising alternative to traditional
training in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Simulators let the trainee touch, feel, and …

Physically based deformable models in computer graphics

A Nealen, M Müller, R Keiser… - Computer graphics …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Physically based deformable models have been widely embraced by the Computer
Graphics community. Many problems outlined in a previous survey by Gibson and Mirtich …

Real-time subspace integration for St. Venant-Kirchhoff deformable models

J Barbič, DL James - ACM transactions on graphics (TOG), 2005‏ - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we present an approach for fast subspace integration of reduced-coordinate
nonlinear deformable models that is suitable for interactive applications in computer …

Invertible finite elements for robust simulation of large deformation

G Irving, J Teran, R Fedkiw - Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH …, 2004‏ - dl.acm.org
We present an algorithm for the finite element simulation of elastoplastic solids which is
capable of robustly and efficiently handling arbitrarily large deformation. In fact, our model …

[كتاب][B] Introduction to virtual reality in medicine

R Riener, M Harders, R Riener, M Harders - 2012‏ - Springer
Abstract The term Virtual Reality (VR) was popularized in the late 1980s by Jaron Lanier,
one of the pioneers of the field. At the same time, also the term Artificial Reality (Krueger, M …

A survey of surgical simulation: applications, technology, and education

A Liu, F Tendick, K Cleary, C Kaufmann - Presence, 2003‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Surgical simulation for medical education is increasingly perceived as a valuable addition to
traditional teaching methods. Simulators provide a structured learning experience …

Robust quasistatic finite elements and flesh simulation

J Teran, E Sifakis, G Irving, R Fedkiw - Proceedings of the 2005 ACM …, 2005‏ - dl.acm.org
Quasistatic and implicit time integration schemes are typically employed to alleviate the
stringent time step restrictions imposed by their explicit counterparts. However, both …

Eigenskin: real time large deformation character skinning in hardware

PG Kry, DL James, DK Pai - Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGGRAPH …, 2002‏ - dl.acm.org
We present a technique which allows subtle nonlinear quasi-static deformations of
articulated characters to be compactly approximated by data-dependent eigenbases which …

Planning for steerable bevel-tip needle insertion through 2D soft tissue with obstacles

R Alterovitz, K Goldberg… - Proceedings of the 2005 …, 2005‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We explore motion planning for a new class of highly flexible bevel-tip medical needles that
can be steered to previously unreachable targets in soft tissue. Planning for these …