Research

My research focuses on the design and evaluation of VR-based surgical simulators — from haptic rendering algorithms to measurable learning effectiveness in real-world clinical skills.

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2025 2 publications

  1. Virtual Reality Simulation for Learning Minimally Invasive Endodontics

    Virtual Reality Simulation for Learning Minimally Invasive Endodontics: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Chalinee Srakoopun, Siriwan Suebnukarn, Peter Haddawy, Maximilian Kaluschke, Rene Weller, Myat Su Yin, Panuroot Aguilar, Panupat Phumpatrakom, Kriangkrai Pinchamnankool, Kamon Budsaba, Gabriel Zachmann

    BMC Medical Education, vol. 25, 1310 (doi)

  2. HIPS – A Surgical Virtual Reality Training System for Total Hip Arthroplasty

    HIPS – A Surgical Virtual Reality Training System for Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) with Realistic Force Feedback IEEE VR 2025 · Honorable Mention

    Mario Lorenz, Maximilian Kaluschke, Annegret Melzer, Nina Pillen, Magdalena Sanrow, Andrea Hoffmann, Dennis Schmidt, André Dettmann, Angelika C. Bullinger, Jérôme Perret, Gabriel Zachmann

    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 3418–3428 (doi); presented at IEEE VR 2025 (Honorable Mention)

2024 2 publications

  1. PhD Thesis: Immersive Medical VR Training Simulators with Haptic Feedback

    PhD Thesis: Immersive Medical VR Training Simulators with Haptic Feedback

    Maximilian Kaluschke

    Universität Bremen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, July 2024 (doi)

  2. Reflecting on Excellence: VR Simulation for Learning Indirect Vision in Complex Bi-Manual Tasks

    Reflecting on Excellence: VR Simulation for Learning Indirect Vision in Complex Bi-Manual Tasks

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Rene Weller, Myat Su Yin, Benedikt W. Hosp, Farin Kulapichitr, Peter Haddawy, Siriwan Suebnukarn, Gabriel Zachmann

    2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), Orlando, FL, USA

2023 2 publications

  1. The effect of 3D stereopsis and hand-tool alignment on learning effectiveness and skill transfer of a VR-based simulator for dental training

    The effect of 3D stereopsis and hand-tool alignment on learning effectiveness and skill transfer of a VR-based simulator for dental training

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Myat Su Yin, Peter Haddawy, Siriwan Suebnukarn, Gabriel Zachmann

    PLOS ONE, 18(10): e0291389 (doi)

  2. Perceived Realism of Haptic Rendering Methods for Bimanual High Force Tasks

    Perceived Realism of Haptic Rendering Methods for Bimanual High Force Tasks: Original and Replication Study

    Mario Lorenz, Andrea Hoffmann, Maximilian Kaluschke, Taha Ziadeh, Nina Pillen, Magdalena Kusserow, Jérôme Perret, Sebastian Knopp, André Dettmann, Philipp Klimant, Gabriel Zachmann, Angelika C. Bullinger

    Scientific Reports, vol. 13, 11230 (doi)

2022 1 publication

  1. The Impact of 3D Stereopsis and Hand-Tool Alignment on Effectiveness of a VR-based Simulator for Dental Training

    The Impact of 3D Stereopsis and Hand-Tool Alignment on Effectiveness of a VR-based Simulator for Dental Training

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Myat Su Yin, Peter Haddawy, Siriwan Suebnukarn, Gabriel Zachmann

    10th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI), June 2022

2021 2 publications

  1. Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment

    Immersive Anatomy Atlas: Learning Factual Medical Knowledge in a Virtual Reality Environment

    Kilian Gloy, Paul Weyhe, Eric Nerenz, Maximilian Kaluschke, Verena Uslar, Gabriel Zachmann, Dirk Weyhe

    Anatomical Sciences Education, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 360–368 (doi)

  2. A Shared Virtual Environment for Dental Surgical Skill Training

    A Shared Virtual Environment for Dental Surgical Skill Training

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Myat Su Yin, Peter Haddawy, Natchalee Srimaneekarn, Pipop Saikaew, Gabriel Zachmann

    2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), March – April 2021

2020 3 publications

  1. Review of Haptic Rendering Techniques for Hip Surgery Training

    Review of Haptic Rendering Techniques for Hip Surgery Training Best Application Paper Award · EuroVR 2020

    Taha Ziadeh, Jerome Perret, Maximilian Kaluschke, Sebastian Knopp, Mario Lorenz

    EuroVR 2020 Application, Exhibition & Demo Track, VTT Technology 381, pp. 29–39 (Best Application Paper Award)

  2. A cadaver-based biomechanical model of acetabulum reaming for surgical virtual reality training simulators

    A cadaver-based biomechanical model of acetabulum reaming for surgical virtual reality training simulators

    Luigi Pelliccia, Mario Lorenz, Niels Hammer, Christoph-E. Heyde, Maximilian Kaluschke, Philipp Klimant, Sebastian Knopp, Stefan Schleifenbaum, Christian Rotsch, René Weller, Michael Werner, Gabriel Zachmann, Dirk Zajonz

    Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 14545 (doi)

  3. Realistic Haptic Feedback for Material Removal in Medical Simulations

    Realistic Haptic Feedback for Material Removal in Medical Simulations

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Rene Weller, Niels Hammer, Luigi Pelliccia, Mario Lorenz, Gabriel Zachmann

    2020 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), Washington, D.C., USA, pp. 920–926

2019 1 publication

  1. A Continuous Material Cutting Model with Haptic Feedback for Medical Simulations

    A Continuous Material Cutting Model with Haptic Feedback for Medical Simulations

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Rene Weller, Gabriel Zachmann, Mario Lorenz

    2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), Osaka, Japan

2018 2 publications

  1. Immersive Anatomy Atlas—Empirical Study Investigating the Usability of a Virtual Reality Environment as a Learning Tool for Anatomy

    Immersive Anatomy Atlas—Empirical Study Investigating the Usability of a Virtual Reality Environment as a Learning Tool for Anatomy

    Dirk Weyhe, Verena Uslar, Felix Weyhe, Maximilian Kaluschke, Gabriel Zachmann

    Frontiers in Surgery, vol. 5, 73 (doi)

  2. HIPS – A Virtual Reality Hip Prosthesis Implantation Simulator

    HIPS – A Virtual Reality Hip Prosthesis Implantation Simulator

    Maximilian Kaluschke, Rene Weller, Gabriel Zachmann, Luigi Pelliccia, Mario Lorenz, Philipp Klimant, Sebastian Knopp, Johannes P. G. Atze, Falk Möckel

    2018 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), Reutlingen, Germany

2017 1 publication

  1. A Volumetric Penetration Measure for 6-DOF Haptic Rendering of Streaming Point Clouds

    A Volumetric Penetration Measure for 6-DOF Haptic Rendering of Streaming Point Clouds

    Maximilian Kaluschke, René Weller, Gabriel Zachmann

    2017 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, pp. 511–516

2014 1 publication

  1. Massively-Parallel Proximity Queries for Point Clouds

    Massively-Parallel Proximity Queries for Point Clouds

    Max Kaluschke, Uwe Zimmermann, Marinus Danzer, Gabriel Zachmann, René Weller

    11th Workshop on Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation (VRIPHYS), Bremen, Germany