Simulation & Visualization

From simulation of ultrasound and biopsy, to dental simulations, to stroke rehabilitation, to planning the path of an oil well, to painting on a virtual surface using paintbrushes, to exploring and visualizing mathematical objects that exist outside of normal 3D space, the PHANTOM® haptic devices and OpenHaptics™ toolkit are used to create a broad range of haptically-enabled simulations and visualizations. Simulations and visualizations that include the sense of touch provide a more realistic experience and improve learning. In addition to off-the-shelf solutions, Sensable has designed new and customized haptic devices for simulation and robotics for leading medical equipment suppliers.

Selected customers in this industry include: BP Visualization Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Children's Hospital in Columbus Ohio, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Indiana University, Industrial Virtual Reality, Inc., Innovative Sports Training, IRCAD Research Institute against Digestive Cancer, Mednet, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Solutions for the Medical industry that integrate Sensable products are provided by the following OEMs or Systems Integrators:

See these additional industries: Academic/Education, Dental, Medical, Research, Training.

See the available models, videos, case studies, and haptic applications below.

Videos
Stanford BoneSim
"BoneSim is a visuo-haptic environment for simulating surgical procedures where bone drilling is a significant component. This can be used for pre-operative planning or for training purposes. This system was developed by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Surgery at Stanford University.
Courtesy of Dan Morris and Chris Sewell, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University. http://www.techhouse.org/~dmorris/projects/bonesim/. "
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dAb: Interactive Haptic Painting with Virtual Brushes
dAb is a novel system that utilizes a PHANTOM device to simulate the sensation of painting on a virtual surface using paintbrushes. The dAb system was developed by William Baxter, Vincent Sheib, Ming Lin and Dinesh Manocha at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information, see http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/geom/dab/
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Haptic Cell
Honorable Mention Winner in the SensAble Developer Challenge - The Haptic Cell is an application intended for biology instruction. It teaches the student about structures in the cell, and allows the user to use haptics to learn about transport of ions through membranes.
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Haptic Sound
HapticSound is an application developed collaboratively between the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and SensAble Technologies. HapticSound allows a user to haptically explore a music track. The user may modify the sound by haptically moving a cursor around track. The music from HapticSound also responds to changes in force exerted by the user.
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Immersive Drilling Planner
The BP Visualization Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder developed this system that utilizes haptics to plan the path of an oil well. In this video, the user is presented with a virtual view of an oilfield, starting at the well and going down past other wells to a source of oil.
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HORUS - Haptic Operative Realistic Ultrasound Simulator
"HORUS is a real-time ultrasonography simulator employing two PHANTOM Omni devices. HORUS allows simulation of ultrasound and biopsy for planning or training purposes on real patient data.
Courtesy of Clement Forest Institut de Recherche contre le Cancer de l'Appareil Digestif (IRCAD Research Institute against Digestive Cancer)"
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WorldViz Vizard and Tickle Me Application
This video shows "Tickle Me", a program that was developed using the WorldViz Vizard Development system. The Vizard Virtual Reality toolkit allows for rapid development of simulations and virtual environments. Vizard supports many different user interface devices, including the SensAble PHANTOM haptic device. In this video, the user interacts with the virtual baby using a PHANTOM Omni haptic device. For more information, see http://www.worldviz.com/
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Epidural Simulator
EpiSim is a system that utilizes a PHANTOM haptic device to simulate a spinal injection used for epidural anesthesia. Courtesy of Yantric, Inc. http://www.yantric.com
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Touching the 4D Torus
The 4D Torus is an example of using haptics to explore and visualize mathematical objects that exist outside of normal 3D space. In this video segment, a 4D dimensional torus (doughnut) is explored with haptics and graphics to allow researchers to feel objects that cannot be easily visualized. Courtesy of Hui Zhang and Andrew Hanson Department of Computer Science, Indiana University
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Haptic Applications
dAb: Interactive Haptic Painting with 3D Virtual Brushes
Haptic Cow Veterinary Training
IDEA Individual Dental Education Assistant
Industrial Virtual Reality Immersive Touch
insight® Arthro VR, a product by GMV
The Motion Monitor
SenseGraphics 3D-MIW
VOXEL-MAN
Oxford Technologies ltd: VR4Robots
WorldViz: Vizard
Yantric EpiSim™
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