Using Acceleration Data from Smartphones to Interact with 3D Medical Data

Accelerometers integrated in modern smartphones pave the way to intuitively use gestures for collaboratively controlling interactive applications. Using and holding smartphones has become natural and ensures user acceptance as well as intuitive handling. We focus on using accelerators in several smartphones at the same time to interactively control a medical imaging solution. To this end, we introduce a framework to collect, modify, and distribute acceleration sensor data from multiple smartphones and integrate it with a medical imaging system which results in an environment suitable for e.g. doctors reviewing and explaining diagnostic findings. We performed some experiments to evaluate the usability of this approach and present an ongoing research in adapting the smartphone interface to physical simulation applications.