During the last decade, haptics has been a new emerged and interesting subject for many
researchers, which can be classified into three topics such as human haptics, machine …

Background Virtual cutting of deformable objects has been a research topic for more than a
decade and has been used in many areas, especially in surgery simulation. Methods We …

The aim of this work was to develop and validate a 3D female breast deformation model for
computer assisted breast surgery. Magnetic resonance (MR) image data of a patient …

This is an informed assessment of the state of the art and an extensive inventory of modeling
approaches and methods for soft tissue/medical cutting tool interaction and of the associated …

Haptic devices have been highly valued in virtual training environments in the medical field.
Nevertheless, the principal challenges to develop these environments are the complexity to …

This paper introduces the results of novel theoretical and practical studies aimed at
providing automatic and accurate real-time activation and adjustment of shape-changing …

In this paper, we describe a new type of humanoid robot designed for made-to-measure
garment industry—a shape-changing robotic mannequin. This mannequin is designed to …

In breast cancer screening the radiologist searches for suspicious lesions inside the breast.
If the lesion is only visible on MRI then it is difficult to precisely target it for a biopsy. The …

Purpose Interactive, physics based, simulations of deformable bodies are a growing
research area with possible applications to computer-aided surgery. Their aim is to create …

Purpose Patient-specific biomedical modeling of the breast is of interest for medical
applications such as image registration, image guided procedures and the alignment for …