Human-as-a-robot performance in mixed reality teleultrasound.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: In "human teleoperation" (HT), mixed reality (MR) and haptics are used to tightly couple an expert leader to a human follower [1]. To determine the feasibility of HT for teleultrasound, we quantify the ability of humans to track a position and/or force trajectory via MR cues. The human response time, precision, frequency response, and step response were characterized, and several rendering methods were compared.

Authors

  • David Black
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. dgblack@ece.ubc.ca.
  • Septimiu Salcudean
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.