Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient
Abdominal palpation is one of the basic but important physical examination methods used by physicians. Visual, auditory, and haptic feedback from the patients are known to be the main sources of feedback they use in the diagnosis. However, learning to interpret this feedback and making accurate diag...
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| author | Namnueng Protpagorn Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne Leone Costi Fumiya Iida |
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| description | Abdominal palpation is one of the basic but important physical examination methods used by physicians. Visual, auditory, and haptic feedback from the patients are known to be the main sources of feedback they use in the diagnosis. However, learning to interpret this feedback and making accurate diagnosis require several years of training. Many abdominal palpation training simulators have been proposed to date, but very limited attempts have been reported in integrating vocal pain expressions into physical abdominal palpation simulators. Here, we present a vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient. The proposed robopatient is capable of providing real-time facial and vocal pain expressions based on the exerted palpation force and position on the abdominal phantom of the robopatient. A pilot study is conducted to test the proposed system, and we show the potential of integrating vocal pain expressions to the robopatient. The platform has also been tested by two clinical experts with prior experience in abdominal palpation. Their evaluations on functionality and suggestions for improvements are presented. We highlight the advantages of the proposed robopatient with real-time vocal and facial pain expressions as a controllable simulator platform for abdominal palpation training studies. Finally, we discuss the limitations of the proposed approach and suggest several future directions for improvements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-188287ef773d4e2cb3cec7c8bf40e1d62023-09-13T12:18:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442023-09-011010.3389/frobt.2023.11229141122914Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatientNamnueng Protpagorn0Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne1Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne2Leone Costi3Fumiya Iida4Bio Inspired Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomBio Inspired Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomDyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, United KingdomBio Inspired Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomBio Inspired Robotics Laboratory, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomAbdominal palpation is one of the basic but important physical examination methods used by physicians. Visual, auditory, and haptic feedback from the patients are known to be the main sources of feedback they use in the diagnosis. However, learning to interpret this feedback and making accurate diagnosis require several years of training. Many abdominal palpation training simulators have been proposed to date, but very limited attempts have been reported in integrating vocal pain expressions into physical abdominal palpation simulators. Here, we present a vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient. The proposed robopatient is capable of providing real-time facial and vocal pain expressions based on the exerted palpation force and position on the abdominal phantom of the robopatient. A pilot study is conducted to test the proposed system, and we show the potential of integrating vocal pain expressions to the robopatient. The platform has also been tested by two clinical experts with prior experience in abdominal palpation. Their evaluations on functionality and suggestions for improvements are presented. We highlight the advantages of the proposed robopatient with real-time vocal and facial pain expressions as a controllable simulator platform for abdominal palpation training studies. Finally, we discuss the limitations of the proposed approach and suggest several future directions for improvements.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2023.1122914/fullrobotic patientsrobot-assisted trainingaudio augmentationhuman–robot interactionpalpationmedical training simulators |
| spellingShingle | Namnueng Protpagorn Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne Leone Costi Fumiya Iida Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient Frontiers in Robotics and AI robotic patients robot-assisted training audio augmentation human–robot interaction palpation medical training simulators |
| title | Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient |
| title_full | Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient |
| title_fullStr | Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient |
| title_short | Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient |
| title_sort | vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient |
| topic | robotic patients robot-assisted training audio augmentation human–robot interaction palpation medical training simulators |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2023.1122914/full |
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