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In this project, we focus on building a prostate palpation simulator where a practitioner teaches his/herself a process called Digital Rectal Examination (DRE). While conventional mock-up-based training simulators can only provide a fixed number of abnormal conditions, our simulator is capable of creating various prostate abnormalities ranged from a single small tumor to multiple larger tumors, with comparable fidelity and realism. For this, we have developed a new prostate-shaped end-effector that systematically changes the its shape and stiffness using pneumatic and particle jamming techniques with embedded balloon. At current stage, seven pores are embedded in the silicone prostate mock-up, so a medical practitioner can perceive tumors with wide range of stiffness, position, and number.
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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the NRF of Korea (NRF-2014R1A1A2057100), by Global Frontier Program through NRF of Korea (NRF-2012M3A6A3056074), and by ERC program through NRF of Korea (2011-0030075).
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Talhan, A., Jeon, S. (2018). Prostate Tumor Palpation Simulator Based on Pneumatic and Augmented Haptics. In: Hasegawa, S., Konyo, M., Kyung, KU., Nojima, T., Kajimoto, H. (eds) Haptic Interaction. AsiaHaptics 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 432. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4157-0_60
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