This review paper discusses the role of haptics within virtual medical training applications,
particularly, where it can be used to aid a practitioner to learn and practice a task. The …

Over recent years a variety of haptic feedback devices have been developed and are being
used in a number of important applications. They range from joysticks used in the …

Palpation is a physical examination technique where objects, eg, organs or body parts, are
touched with fingers to determine their size, shape, consistency and location. Many medical …

This paper presents a virtual environment for training femoral palpation and needle
insertion, the opening steps of many interventional radiology procedures. A novel …

In the context of veterinary education, simulators are devices or sets of conditions aiming to
imitate real patients and enable students to practice skills without the need for live animal …

Computer Graphics technologies have developed considerably over the past decades.
Realistic virtual environments can be produced incorporating complex geometry for …

This paper proposes a multi-fingered palpation method which employs pneumatic haptic
feedback actuators allowing users to experience haptic sensations at multiple fingers while …

Haptic technology provides the possibility of widening access to information and artefacts
held in museums. Haptic, or force-feedback, devices allow people to use their sense of …

Although people usually contact a surface with some area rather than a point, most haptic
devices allow a user to interact with a virtual object at one point at a time and likewise most …

Abstract “All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.” Plato was right. The adage has
passed the test of time and is still true in an era where technology accompanies us in not …