A mechanical contact model for the simulation of obstetric forceps in a virtual/augmented environment

Lapeer, R. J. (2005) A mechanical contact model for the simulation of obstetric forceps in a virtual/augmented environment. In: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 13: The Magical Next Becomes the Medical Now. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 111 . IOP Publishing Ltd, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 284-289. ISBN 978-1-58603-498-6

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Abstract

During the process of human childbirth, obstetric forceps delivery can be a justified alternative to emergency Caesarean section when normal vaginal delivery proves difficult or impossible. Currently, training of forceps interventions is mainly done on real patients which poses a risk. This paper describes a pilot project on the simulation of training of obstetric forceps delivery, using Virtual Reality technology. We first give a brief historical review of the concept of 'birth simulation' and describe the current implementation of the interface. Then we report a number of experiments, conducted to test the feasibility of a real-time mechanical contact model to describe the interaction between the forceps and fetal head, eventually to be interfaced with a multi-purpose haptic feedback device. It is concluded that an explicit dynamic model to calculate the deformation of the main fetal skull bones only, or a quasi-static model to calculate the deformation of the fetal head in its entirety, can reach real-time performance.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Interactive Graphics and Audio
Related URLs:	http://booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/V...
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2011 13:26
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2023 14:53
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/23565
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