%0 Journal Article
	%A Giovanni Aloisio and  Lucio T. De Paolis and  Luciana Provenzano and  Lucio Colizzi and  Gianluca Pantile
	%D 2007
	%J International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 6, 2007
	%T HERMES System: a Virtual Reality Simulator for the Angioplasty Intervention Training
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/220
	%V 6
	%X One of the essential requirements in order to have a
realistic surgical simulator is real-time interaction by means of a
haptic interface is. In fact, reproducing haptic sensations increases
the realism of the simulation. However, the interaction need to be
performed in real-time, since a delay between the user action and the
system reaction reduces the user immersion. In this paper, we present
a prototype of the coronary stent implant simulator developed in the
HERMES Project; this system allows real-time interactions with a
artery by means of a specific haptic device; thus the user can
interactively navigate in a reconstructed artery and force feedback is
produced when contact occurs between the artery walls and the
medical instruments
	%P 408 - 413