Designing cranial implants in a haptic augmented reality environment

ABSTRACT

Medical sculptors and neurosurgeons create virtual 3D cranial models based on patient CT data superimposed over their hands as if they were sculpting physical models.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.6 COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.0 General

  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.0 General
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.0 General
      H.5.1 Multimedia Information Systems
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.3 COMPUTER GRAPHICS
      I.3.0 General
      I.3.5 Computational Geometry and Object Modeling
      I.3.7 Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism
      I.3.8 Applications
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.0 General

  J. Computer Applications
  J.3 LIFE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES