A haptic command station for remote ultrasound examinations

The goal of this remote ultrasound examination project is to provide an accurate solution to practice expert examination in distant geographic areas. Starting from the statement that experts are few and far between and are located in big hospital centers, the aim of this project is to provide secure and precise scan examinations for the largest population. The high value and performance of the medical gesture are the main reasons for haptic interface use. In this goal, a haptic command station is developed to give a haptic virtual environment for the medical expert. The paper describes the virtual model of the remote patient to set up the haptic command station.