虚拟现实视觉触觉技术用于医疗培训(英文全文).pdf

Investigating Augmented Reality Visio- Haptic Techniques for Medical Training Timothy R. Coles Thesis Submitted in Candidature for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Bangor University, Wales January 2011 School of Computer Science Bangor University, Wales ABSTRACT It is widely accepted that a reform in medical teaching must be made to meet today’s high volume training requirements. Receiving pre-training in a core set of surgical skills and procedures before novice practitioners are exposed to the traditional apprenticeship training model where an experienced practitioner must always be present, can reduce both skill acquisition time and the risks patients are exposed to due to surgeon inexperience. Virtual simulation offers a potential method of providing this training and a subset of current medical training simulations integrate haptics and visual feedback to enhance procedural learning. The role of virtual medical training applications, in particular where haptics (force and tactile feedback) can be used to assist a trainee to learn and practice a task, is investigated in this thesis. A review of the current state-of-the-art summarises considerations that must be made during the deployment of haptics and visual technologies in medical training, including an assessment of the available force/torque, tactile and visual hardware solutions in addition to the haptics related software. An in-depth analysis of medical training simulations that include haptic feedback is then provided after which the future directions and current technological limitations in the field are disc