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Force-feedback assisted and virtual fixtures based K-wire drilling simulation

  • One common method to fix fractures of the human hand after an accident is an osteosynthesis with Kirschner wires (K-wires) to stabilize the bone fragments. The insertion of K-wires is a delicate minimally invasive surgery, because surgeons operate almost without a sight. Since realistic training methods are time consuming, costly and insufficient, a virtual-reality (VR) based training system for the placement of K-wires was developed. As part of this, the current work deals with the real-time bone drilling simulation using a haptic force-feedback device. To simulate the drilling, we introduce a virtual fixture based force-feedback drilling approach. By decomposition of the drilling task into individual phases, each phase can be handled individually to perfectly control the drilling procedure. We report about the related finite state machine (FSM), describe the haptic feedback of each state and explain, how to avoid jerking of the haptic force-feedback during state transition. The usage of the virtual fixture approach results in a good haptic performance and a stable drilling behavior. This was confirmed by 26 expert surgeons, who evaluated the virtual drilling on the simulator and rated it as very realistic. To make the system even more convincing, we determined real drilling feed rates through experimental pig bone drilling and transferred them to our system. Due to a constant simulation thread we can guarantee a precise drilling motion. Virtual fixtures based force-feedback calculation is able to simulate force-feedback assisted bone drilling with high quality and, thus, will have a great potential in developing medical applications.

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Author:Johannes Maier, Jerome Perret, Martina Simon, Stephanie Schmitt-Rüth, Thomas WittenbergORCiD, Christoph PalmORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.103473
Parent Title (English):Computers in Biology and Medicine
Publisher:Elsevier
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2019
Release Date:2019/12/17
Tag:Force-feedback haptic; K-wire drilling; Medical training system; Minimally invasive hand surgery; Virtual fixtures; Virtual reality
GND Keyword:Handchirurgie; Osteosynthese; Operationstechnik; Lernprogramm; Virtuelle Realität
Volume:114
Article Number:103473
First Page:1
Last Page:10
Note:
Corresponding author: Christoph Palm
Institutes:Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik
Regensburg Center of Biomedical Engineering - RCBE
Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik / Regensburg Medical Image Computing (ReMIC)
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
OpenAccess Publikationsweg:Hybrid Open Access - OA-Veröffentlichung in einer Subskriptionszeitschrift/-medium
Corresponding author der OTH Regensburg
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International