Analysing collision detection in a virtual environment for haptic applications in surgery

This paper presents an analysis of two commercially-available haptic interfaces that can be used in surgical training and medical simulation. Integrating development kits with open source software libraries like OpenGL and VCollide led to proposing a solution to problems like loss of tactile ability and detecting collisions between objects in a virtual environment. Haptic applications were based on results regarding capturing, processing and analysing images for building models for interaction with rigid bodies of medical interest. The application included tools for marking points and paths on a virtual surfaces and force reflection algorithms for simulating interactions with surface/volumetric 3D models. Immersion characteristics and the effect of virtual surgical instruments were analysed.

• Autores: Pinto Salamanca, María Luisa; Navarro, José María; Sofrony Esmeral, Jorge
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/33493
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/33493; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/23573/; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/23573/2/; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/23573/3/
• Palabra clave: háptica; detección de colisiones; simulador médico.; haptics; collision detection; medical simulator.
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional