The Virtual Haptic Back Project: Publications

Book Chapter

 

R.L. Williams II, J.N. Howell, and R.R. Conatser Jr., 2007, Digital Human Modeling for Palpatory Medical Training with Haptic Feedback, in Handbook of Digital Human Modeling for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering, Society of Automotive Engineers.

 

 

Journal Articles

 

E. Karadogan, R.L. Williams II, J.N. Howell, and R.R. Conatser Jr., 2010, A Stiffness Discrimination Experiment including Analysis of Palpation Forces and Velocities, The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 5(5): 279-288, October.

 

J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser Jr., R.L. Williams II, J.M. Burns, and D.C. Eland, 2008, The Virtual Haptic Back: A Simulation for Training in Palpatory Diagnosis, BMC Medical Education, April: 8-14.

J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser Jr., R.L. Williams II, D.C. Eland, and J.M. Burns, 2008, Palpatory Diagnosis Training on the Virtual Haptic Back: Performance Improvement and User Evaluations, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 108(1): 29-36.

R.L. Williams II, W. Ji, J.N. Howell, and R.R. Conatser Jr., 2007, Device for Measurement of Human Tissue Properties In Vivo, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 1(3): 197-205.

R.L. Williams II, M. Srivastava, R.R. Conatser, Jr., and J.N. Howell, 2004, Implementation and Evaluation of a Haptic Playback System, Haptics-e Journal, 3(3).

 

K.L. Holland, R.L. Williams II, R.R. Conatser Jr., J.N. Howell, and D.L. Cade, 2004, Implementation and Evaluation of a Virtual Haptic Back, Virtual Reality Society Journal, 7: 94-102.

 

 

Conference Papers and Presentations

 

            R.L. Williams II, W. Ji, J.N. Howell, and R.R. Conatser Jr., 2007, In Vivo Measurement of Human Tissue Compliance, SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference, Paper #2007-01-2453, June 12-14, Seattle, WA.

 

J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser Jr., R.L. Williams II, J.M. Burns, and D.C. Eland, 2007, “The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): A Teaching Tool for Palpatory Diagnosis”, FASEB Journal, 21 (5 – part 1): A594, presented at Experimental Biology 2007, April 28 – May 2, Washington, DC.

 

            R.L. Williams II, V. Chadaram, and F. Giacometti, 2006, Three-Cable Haptic Interface, CD Proceedings of the ASME International Design Technical Conferences, 30th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Paper # DETC2006-99177, Philadelphia PA, September 10-13.

 

            R.L. Williams II, J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser Jr., J.M. Burns, and D.C. Eland, 2006, Palpatory Training on the Virtual Haptic Back Improves Detection of Compliance Differences, Eurohaptics 2006 Conference, Paper #136, July 3-6, Paris, France.

 

            M.-Y. Chen, R.L. Williams II, R.R. Conatser Jr., and J.N. Howell, 2006, The Virtual Movable Human Upper Body for Palpatory Diagnostic Training, SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference, Paper #06DHM-5, July 4-6, Lyon, France.

 

            J.N. Howell, R.L. Williams II, J.M. Burns, D.C. Eland, and R.R. Conatser Jr., 2006, The Virtual Haptic Back: Detection of Compliance Differences, SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference, Paper #06DHM-27, July 4-6, Lyon, France.

 

            W. Ji, R.L. Williams II, J.N. Howell, and R.R. Conatser Jr., 2006, 3D Stereo Evaluation for the Virtual Haptic Back Project, 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE-VR2006, March 25-26, Arlington, VA.

 

J.N. Howell, R.L. Williams II, D.C. Eland, J.M. Burns, M.-Y. Chen, W. Ji, and R.R. Conatser, 2005, “Haptic Simulation of Somatic Tissues In Vivo: the Virtual Haptic Back”, Workshop on the Investigation of Human Muscle Function In Vivo, October 20-23, Nashville, TN.

 

J.N. Howell, J.M. Burns, D.C. Eland, R.L. Williams II, and R.R. Conatser, 2005, “The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): A Progress Report”, J. Am. Osteopath. Assoc. 105:318, Unified Osteopathic Convention, October 23-27, Orlando, FL.

 

J.M. Burns, J.S. Pleskow,  D.C. Eland, J.N. Howell, R.L. Williams II, and  R.R. Conatser, 2005, “Contribution of Cutaneous and Proprioceptive Inputs to Osteopathic Palpatory Diagnosis”, J. Am. Osteopath. Assoc. 105:319, Unified Osteopathic Convention, October 23-27, Orlando, FL.

 

J.N. Howell, R.L. Williams II, R.R. Conatser Jr., J.M. Burns, and D.C. Eland, 2005, The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): a Virtual Reality Simulation of the Human Back for Palpatory Diagnostic Training, SAE Digital Human Modeling Conference, Paper #05DHM-63, June 14-16, Iowa City, IA.

 

J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser, J.M. Burns, D.C. Eland, A.G. Chila, R.L. Williams II, and M. Srivastava, 2004, “The Virtual Haptic Back for Osteopathic Training”, American Osteopathic Research Conference, November 7-11, San Francisco, CA.

            R.L. Williams II, M. Srivastava, J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser, Jr., D.C. Eland, J.M. Burns, and A.G. Chila, 2004, The Virtual Haptic Back for Palpatory Training, Sixth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, State College, PA, October 13-15.

 

J.N. Howell, R.L. Williams II, D.C. Eland, J.M. Burns, A.G. Chila, R.R. Conatser, and M. Srivastava, 2004, “The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): A Virtual Reality Simulation of Palpation of the Human Back for Teaching and Testing Palpatory Skills”, International Conference on Advances in Ostopathic Research, September 10-11, Erie, PA.

 

J.M. Burns, J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser, D.C. Eland, A.G. Chila, R.L. Williams II, and M. Srivastava, 2004, “A Simulation of the Human Back for Teaching and Testing Palpatory Skills”, Ohio Osteopathic Association, June 26, Sandusky, OH.

 

J.N. Howell, R.L. Williams II, D.C. Eland, J.M. Burns, A.G. Chila, R.R. Conatser, and M. Srivastava, 2004, The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): A Simulation of the Human Back for Teaching and Testing Palpatory Skills, FASEB J. 18/4 Part I, A393, 299.10, presented at Experimental Biology 2004, April 17-21, Washington, DC.

 

            R.L. Williams II, M. Srivastava, R.R. Conatser, Jr., and J.N. Howell, 2003, The Virtual Haptic Back Project, Proceedings of the 2003 Image Society Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, July 14-18.

 

            R.L. Williams II, M. Srivastava, R.R. Conatser, Jr., and J.N. Howell, Evaluation of the PHANToM Playback Capability, Proceedings of the Seventh PHANToM User’s Group Conference, Santa Fe, NM, October 26-29, 2002.

 

 

Video

 

            http://www.ohiou.edu/sciencespotlight/virtualhealth.html

 

 

Other

 

Meng-Yun Chen, “The Virtual Haptic Human Upper Body for Palpatory Diagnostic Training”, ME, November 5, 2010.

 

Wei Ji, “Spatial Partitioning and Functional Shape Matched Deformation Algorithm for Interactive Haptic Modeling”, EECS, October 29, 2008.

 

Adam Shank, “Improvement and Evaluation of Three Cable Haptic Interface”, May 23, 2008.

 

E. Karadogan, W. Ji, and M.-Y. Chen, “Stiffness Discrimination”, “The Virtual Haptic Back Project”, and “Virtual Moveable Upper Human”, Three Ohio University Student Research Fair Posters, Spring 2007.

 

M. Srivastava, “Implementation and Evaluation of a Multiple-Points Haptic Rendering Algorithm”, MS Thesis, Computer Science, Ohio University, Advisor Robert L. Williams II, February, 2007.

 

V. Chadaram, “Three-Cable Haptic Interface”, MS Thesis, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University, Advisor Robert L. Williams II, December, 2006.

 

E. Karadogan, W. Ji, and M.-Y. Chen, “The Virtual Haptic Back Project”, Ohio University Student Research Fair Poster, Spring 2006.

 

R.L. Williams II, J.N. Howell, R.R. Conatser Jr., D.H. Noyes, and J.M. Burns, "Methods for Measurement of Human Tissue Properties In Vivo", Ohio University Invention Disclosure, July, 2005.

 

W. Ji, “Viewing Options for the Virtual Haptic Back”, MS Thesis, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University, Advisor Robert L. Williams II, June, 2005.

 

R.L. Williams II, R.R. Conatser Jr., and J.N. Howell, "The Virtual Haptic Back", Ohio University Invention Disclosure, December, 2001, Provisional Patent awarded, U.S. Patent Application submitted by OU in 2004.

 

Mayank Srivastava, “Implementation and Evaluation of a PHANToM Playback System for the Virtual Haptic Back”, MS Thesis, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University, Advisor Robert L. Williams II, January, 2004.

 

J. Pleskow, J.N. Howell, D.C. Eland, J.M. Burns, A.G. Chila, R.L. Williams II, and R.R. Conatser, Jr., “Sensory Modalities of Palpation: Cutaneous Sense, Muscle Sense (Proprioceptors), or Both?”, OUCOM Research Day Poster, September 26, 2003.

 

Kerry L. Holland, “Design of a Virtual Haptic Back”, MS Thesis, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio University, Advisor Robert L. Williams II, May 25, 2001.