Efficient soft tissue deformation using charged particles

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008:132:53-5.

Abstract

As the power of personal computing increases, there is a greater demand for high fidelity virtual environments for medical training simulators. However, it is still a challenge to provide realistic soft tissue deformation especially when haptic feedback is also required. This paper presents a new approach to soft tissue deformation using a novel Charged Particle method to efficiently model both the structure and haptic properties of anatomy in real time.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation*
  • Connective Tissue*
  • Education, Medical, Undergraduate
  • Humans
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Touch
  • United States
  • User-Computer Interface