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This short introduction to head and hand tracking devices summarizes the characteristics of some of the technologies most relevant to medical application and presents the configuration chosen in three representative test beds.
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Gobbetti, E., Scateni, R., Zanetti, G. (2002). Head and Hand Tracking Devices in Virtual Reality. In: Caramella, D., Bartolozzi, C. (eds) 3D Image Processing. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59438-0_26
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