TY - CHAP
T1 - Seeing with the hands and with the eyes
T2 - The contributions of haptic cues to anatomical shape recognition in surgery
AU - Keehner, Madeleine
AU - Lowe, Richard K.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - Medical experts routinely need to identify the shapes of anatomical structures, and surgeons report that they depend substantially on touch to help them with this process. In this paper, we discuss possible reasons why touch may be especially important for anatomical shape recognition in surgery, and why in this domain haptic cues may be at least as informative about shape as visual cues. We go on to discuss modern surgical methods, in which these haptic cues are substantially diminished. We conclude that a potential future challenge is to find ways to reinstate these important cues and to help surgeons recognize shapes in the restricted sensory conditions of minimally invasive surgery.
AB - Medical experts routinely need to identify the shapes of anatomical structures, and surgeons report that they depend substantially on touch to help them with this process. In this paper, we discuss possible reasons why touch may be especially important for anatomical shape recognition in surgery, and why in this domain haptic cues may be at least as informative about shape as visual cues. We go on to discuss modern surgical methods, in which these haptic cues are substantially diminished. We conclude that a potential future challenge is to find ways to reinstate these important cues and to help surgeons recognize shapes in the restricted sensory conditions of minimally invasive surgery.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957942001&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Other chapter contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77957942001
VL - SS-10-02
SP - 8
EP - 14
BT - AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report
ER -