Evaluation of user-interfaces for controlling movements of virtual minimally invasive surgical instruments.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Published Date: Oct 1, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent tele-mentoring technologies for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) augments the operative field with movements of virtual surgical instruments as visual cues. The objective of this work is to assess different user-interfaces that effectively transfer mentor's hand gestures to the movements of virtual surgical instruments.

Authors

  • Dehlela Shabir
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Malek Anbatawi
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Jhasketan Padhan
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Shidin Balakrishnan
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
  • Abdulla Al-Ansari
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Julien Abinahed
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Panagiotis Tsiamyrtzis
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  • Elias Yaacoub
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
  • Amr Mohammed
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
  • Zhigang Deng
    Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
  • Nikhil V Navkar
    Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

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