TY - JOUR
T1 - A user interface for mobile robotized tele-echography
AU - Triantafyllidis, G. A.
AU - Thomos, N.
AU - Canero, C.
AU - Vieyres, P.
AU - Strintzis, M. G.
PY - 2006/12/20
Y1 - 2006/12/20
N2 - Ultrasound imaging allows the evaluation of the degree of emergency of a patient. However, in many situations no experienced sonographer is available to perform such echography. To cope with this issue, the OTELO project "mObile Tele-Echography using an ultra-Light rObot" (OTELO) aims to develop a fully integrated end-to-end mobile tele-echography system using an ultralight, remotely controlled six degree-of-freedom (DOF) robot. In this context, this paper deals with the user interface environment of the OTELO system, composed by the following parts: an ultrasound video transmission system providing real-time images of the scanned area at each moment, an audio/video conference to communicate with the paramedical assistant and the patient, and finally a virtual reality environment, providing visual and haptic feedback to the expert, while capturing the expert's hand movements with a one-DOF hand free input device.
AB - Ultrasound imaging allows the evaluation of the degree of emergency of a patient. However, in many situations no experienced sonographer is available to perform such echography. To cope with this issue, the OTELO project "mObile Tele-Echography using an ultra-Light rObot" (OTELO) aims to develop a fully integrated end-to-end mobile tele-echography system using an ultralight, remotely controlled six degree-of-freedom (DOF) robot. In this context, this paper deals with the user interface environment of the OTELO system, composed by the following parts: an ultrasound video transmission system providing real-time images of the scanned area at each moment, an audio/video conference to communicate with the paramedical assistant and the patient, and finally a virtual reality environment, providing visual and haptic feedback to the expert, while capturing the expert's hand movements with a one-DOF hand free input device.
KW - Tele-echography
KW - User interface
KW - Virtual reality environment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33751440949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.062
DO - 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.062
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:33751440949
SN - 0168-9002
VL - 569
SP - 645
EP - 648
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
IS - 2 SPEC. ISS.
ER -