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Three-Dimensional Model Fabricated by Layered Manufacturing for Visually Handicapped Persons to Trace Heart Shape

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2012)

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In this study, we fabricated three-dimensional models of the human heart by stereolithography and powder-layered manufacturing; using these models, visually handicapped persons could trace the shape of a heart by touching. Further, we assessed the level of understanding of the visually handicapped persons about the external structure of the heart and the position of blood vessels. Experimental results suggest that the heart shape models developed in this study by layered manufacturing were useful for teaching anatomy to visually handicapped persons.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Advanced Manufacturing Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

    Kenji Yamazawa & Yuji Ikegami

  2. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan

    Yoshinori Teshima & Yasunari Watanabe

  3. National Center for University Entrance Examinations, 2-19-23 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8501, Japan

    Mamoru Fujiyoshi

  4. National Institute of Special Needs Education, 5-1-1 Nobi, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-8585, Japan

    Susumu Oouchi & Takeshi Kaneko

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  1. University of Linz, Institut Integriert Studieren, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St, 94117, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

  3. Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

  4. Institute “integriert studieren”, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Yamazawa, K. et al. (2012). Three-Dimensional Model Fabricated by Layered Manufacturing for Visually Handicapped Persons to Trace Heart Shape. In: Miesenberger, K., Karshmer, A., Penaz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7383. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31534-3_74

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