Touch-Sensitive Virtual Reality Tools (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Touch-Sensitive Virtual Reality Tools

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A medical student from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is shown testing the new haptically-enhanced virtual surgery simulator developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The research team received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further develop and validate the system for training and certifying laparoscopic surgeons.

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Rensselaer/Sankaranarayanan

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