Publicaties

Pedicle screw placement (PSP) is a challenging procedure in spine surgery, due to poor visualization of the vertebrae and blood vessels. This has led to the development of navigation systems that improve safety and clinical outcomes. Navigation further enabled minimal invasive approaches for PSP. Current navigation systems require a preoperative computed tomography (CT) scan, followed by manual planning by the surgeon to decide screw ...

Haptics plays an essential role in the level of realism in VR simulation. To this date, many solutions have been proposed to render active force feedback in applications with multiple degrees of freedom. Still, achieving realistic haptic sensation in simulation is known to be challenging. This work presents a novel design of a hybrid haptic interface for transluminal endoscopy simulation. The design combines active with semi-passive force ...

Many neurons in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (IC) show sensitivity to interaural time differences (ITDs), which is thought to be relayed from the brainstem. However, studies with interaural phase modulation of pure tones showed that IC neurons have a sensitivity to changes in ITD that is not present at the level of the brainstem. This sensitivity has been interpreted as a form of sensitivity to motion. A new type of stimulus is ...