Title :
Microsurgical skill assessment: Toward skill-based surgical robotic control
Author :
Harada, K. ; Minakawa, Y. ; Baek, Y. ; Kozuka, Y. ; Sora, S. ; Morita, A. ; Sugita, N. ; Mitsuishi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
A surgical skill assessment system was developed to quantify microsurgical skills. Infrared optical makers, an inertial measurement unit, and strain gauges were mounted on tweezers to record surgical tasks. In preliminary experiments, the tool tip trajectory, acceleration, and applied force were measured and microsurgery videos were evaluated by three expert surgeons. The preliminary results indicated the feasibility of the system by showing the significant difference between unskilled and skilled surgeons.
Keywords :
medical robotics; spatial variables control; spatial variables measurement; strain gauges; surgery; acceleration; applied force; inertial measurement unit; infrared optical makers; microsurgery videos; microsurgical skill assessment; skill based surgical robotic control; strain gauges; surgical tasks; tool tip trajectory; tweezers; Force; Microsurgery; Needles; Neurosurgery; Robots; Training; Adult; Anastomosis, Surgical; Clinical Competence; Equipment Design; Female; Fourier Analysis; General Surgery; Humans; Internship and Residency; Male; Microsurgery; Middle Aged; Reproducibility of Results; Robotics; Stress, Mechanical; Surgical Instruments; Tremor;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091652
