Nayak, M., Kangas, J., and Raisamo, R. ”NLP-Based Speech Interfaces in Medical Virtual Reality: A Pilot Study on Usability and Interaction”. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction / MDPI (2025), https://doi.org/10.3390/mti9060050
– Studying the potential of intelligent speech interfaces to enhance user interaction while conducting complex medical tasks
Orsmaa, L., Kangas, J., Rasouli, N., Jaskari, J., Sahlsten, J., Mehtonen, H., Järnstedt, J., Kaski, K. and Raisamo, R. ”Diving, Grabbing, and Teleporting: Methods for Medical 3D Image Manipulation in VR”. Interacting with Computers (2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwae061
– Comparing three VR locomotion methods, Diving, Grabbing and Teleporting, for medical 3D image manipulation tasks
Orsmaa, L., Saukkoriipi, M., Kangas, J., Rasouli, N., Järnstedt, J., Mehtonen, H., Sahlsten, J., Jaskari, J., Kaski, K., and Raisamo, R. “Interactive AI Annotation of Medical Images in a Virtual Reality Environment”. Accepted for Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) conference, and separately accepted for journal IJCARS, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11548-025-03497-9
– Integrating expert feedback within an immersive VR environment enhances annotation accuracy, improves clinical usability, and offers valuable insights for developing medical image analysis systems incorporating radiologist input
Li, Z., Kangas, J., Farooq, A., and Raisamo, R. ”Exploring the effects of force feedback on VR Keyboards with varying visual designs”. Accepted for ICMI’25 conference
– 3D keys, force- and visual feed-back significantly improved typing accuracy, and visual feedback enhanced typing speed
Li, Z., Kangas, J., Farooq, A., and Raisamo, R. ”Effects of force feedback on VR Keyboards with different key travel distances”. Accepted for World Haptics 2025 conference
– Adding force feedback was found to be beneficial for typing accuracy and subjective mental workload
Raisamo, R., Kangas, J., Li, Z., Orsmaa, L., Rasouli, N., Huuskonen, P., Mehtonen, H. and Järnstedt, J. ”Extended Reality in Medical Diagnosis and Surgical Planning”. A book chapter in process (2025).
– XR technologies can improve medical data understanding, for example, by providing efficient interaction techniques and clear visualizations