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Fundamental Study of a Virtual Training System for Maxillofacial Palpation

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Information Technology Convergence

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering ((LNEE,volume 253))

Abstract

Maxillofacial palpation is a physical examination technique where face or jaw are touched with fingers to determine their shape, consistency and location. Dentists utilizes palpation to diagnose pathological condition of a patient suffered from maxillofacial diseases. This paper proposes a virtual training system for maxillofacial palpation. To provide a virtual palpation system, a basic patient model is constructed based on linear elastic finite element method. Finally the simulation results and the remained issues making the system more practical are discussed.

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  1. Department of Information and Systems Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, 3-30-1 Wajiro higashi, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tatsushi Tokuyasu, Erina Maeda, Takuya Okamoto & Hiromu Akita

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Oita National College of Technology, Oita, Japan

    Kazuhiko Toshimitsu

  3. Faculty of Dental Science, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kazutoshi Okamura & Kazunori Yoshiura

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  1. Tatsushi Tokuyasu
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Correspondence to Tatsushi Tokuyasu .

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul University of Science & and Technology (SeoulTech), Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park

  2. Dept. Information & Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology Fac. Information Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan

    Leonard Barolli

  3. Departament De Llenguatges I Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Fatos Xhafa

  4. Humanitas College, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Hwa-Young Jeong

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Tokuyasu, T. et al. (2013). Fundamental Study of a Virtual Training System for Maxillofacial Palpation. In: Park, J., Barolli, L., Xhafa, F., Jeong, HY. (eds) Information Technology Convergence. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 253. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6996-0_108

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