TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual palpation simulator for dental education
AU - Tokuyasu, Tatsushi
AU - Nakayama, Takaaki
AU - Maeda, Erina
AU - Toshimitsu, Kazuhiko
AU - Okamura, Kazutoshi
AU - Yoshiura, Kazunori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 ICIC International.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Regardless the importance of maxillofacial palpation, any practical training for dental patient has been in the dental education in Japan. This study aims to provide a virtual training environment of maxillofacial palpation to dental students, where the palpation training for virtual patient can be repeated without any risks and costs. In this paper, we design and construct a virtual cephalic model based on a linear finite element, which reacts visually and dynamically against the operation of a haptic interface. Our experimental results show that our proposal system achieves a real-time palpation simulation. Finally, we will discuss about the validation results with a coauthor dentist.
AB - Regardless the importance of maxillofacial palpation, any practical training for dental patient has been in the dental education in Japan. This study aims to provide a virtual training environment of maxillofacial palpation to dental students, where the palpation training for virtual patient can be repeated without any risks and costs. In this paper, we design and construct a virtual cephalic model based on a linear finite element, which reacts visually and dynamically against the operation of a haptic interface. Our experimental results show that our proposal system achieves a real-time palpation simulation. Finally, we will discuss about the validation results with a coauthor dentist.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84918500446
SN - 2185-2766
VL - 6
SP - 181
EP - 185
JO - ICIC Express Letters, Part B: Applications
JF - ICIC Express Letters, Part B: Applications
IS - 1
ER -