3-D robotic tele-surgery and training over next generation wireless networks

Author

Martini, Maria G. ; Hewage, Chaminda T. E. R. ; Nasralla, Moustafa M. ; Smith, Ross ; Jourdan, Iain ; Rockall, Timothy

Author_Institution

Kingston Univ. London, London, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

6244

Lastpage

6247

Abstract

The latest advances on robotic surgery enable the performance of many surgical procedures by utilizing minimally invasive techniques. In particular, recent 3-D endoscopes have improved the performance of minimally invasive surgical procedures. Based on these advances, performing or visualizing in real-time surgical procedures at a distance can be envisaged. In this paper, we present a performance evaluation of 3-D robotic tele-surgery and training over next generation wireless networks, namely wireless networks based on the long term evolution (LTE) 3GPP standard. Different scheduling strategies are compared and results are analyzed in term of the resulting quality of experience (QoE) for the surgeon.

Keywords

medical robotics; next generation networks; surgery; telemedicine; telerobotics; 3D endoscope; 3D robotic telesurgery; 3D robotic training; LTE 3GPP standard; long term evolution; next generation wireless network; quality of experience; scheduling strategy; Medical diagnostic imaging; PSNR; Robots; Scheduling algorithms; Surgery; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610980

Filename

6610980