Simplifying touch data from tri-axial sensors using a new data visualization tool

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013:184:370-6.

Abstract

Quantification and evaluation of palpation is a growing field of research in medicine and engineering. A newly developed tri-axial touch sensor has been designed to capture a multi-dimensional profile of touch-loaded forces. We have developed a data visualization tool as a first step in simplifying interpretation of touch for assessing hands-on clinical performance.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Graphics / instrumentation*
  • Fingers / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Palpation / instrumentation*
  • Software*
  • Touch / physiology*
  • Transducers, Pressure*
  • User-Computer Interface*