In the recent decades robotics and computer science have been gaining more and more relevance in all aspects of our lives. In surgery, for example, they gave birth to procedures, impossible to perform otherwise, like the tele-surgery or the nano-surgery. On this regard, these applied sciences already play an important role in assisting the surgeon both in the operative room and, as a support, i...

A COMPUTER-BASED ARTICULATION TRAINING AID FOR SHORT WORDS (CATA) Mukund Devarajan Old Dominion University, 2003 Director: Dr. Stephen A. Zahorian Several improvements in the vowel articulation training aid (VATA) are described, as well as the efforts to extend the visual feedback system to operate with short words in the form of consonant, vowel and consonant (CVC). The extended version of the...

Interventional cardiology training traditionally involves one-on-one experience following a master-apprentice model, much as other procedural disciplines. Development of a realistic computer-based training system that includes hand-eye coordination, catheter and guide wire choices, three-dimensional anatomic representations, and an integrated learning system is desirable, in order to permit lea...

For over 20 years, interventional methods have substantially improved the outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease. However, these procedures require an intricate combination of visual and tactile feedback and extensive training periods. In this paper, a prototype of endovascular therapy training system is presented. A set of core simulation components applicable to most vascular proced...

By creating (semi-)autonomous group structures in enterprises the work content of the workers changes. Workers are confronted with new working which are enriched by new technologies. Existing training tools for apprentices do not present the interaction between different tasks within a workshop. MuTil will implement a scenario with a complex combination of problems typically appearing in a work...

The Chapter is divided into four major sections. The first section provides the background information on the development of the Automated System of Self-Instruction for Specialized Training (ASSIST)—a computer based training tool for aircraft inspection. The section describes how previous years research efforts guided the development of the ASSIST program. The second section provides a detaile...

Introduction: Persons affected by certain motor disabilities such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can evolve with important motor and speech difficulties in communication. A BCI (Brain Computer Interface) is a system that allows interaction between the human brain and a computer, permitting the user to control a communication channel through his or her brain activity. It is based on the analys...

A computer-based training tool was developed through a collaborative design process. The tool allows trainee radiologists to access a large number of suspicious lesions. The tool employs a certainty-based scoring system in which trainees‟ responses are scored not just as right or wrong but according to their confidence. Different approaches to providing trainees with feedback were considered: o...

Computer technology has influenced the realm of language teaching and testing so drastically that no language teaching program could be imagined nowadays without the use digitized software and mul- timedia. This study aims at investigating Iranian EFL learners' performance on paper-based test com- pared with their performance on computer-based test while considering their attitudes towards the ...