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Pointing with a One-Eyed Cursor for Supervised Training in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

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Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy (CARE 2015)

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Pointing in the endoscopic view of a surgical robot is a natural and efficient way for instructors to communicate with trainees in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. However, pointing in a stereo-endoscopic view can be limited by problems such as video delay, double vision, arm fatigue, and reachability of the pointer controls. We address these problems by hardware-based overlaying the stereo-endoscopic view with a one-eyed cursor, which can be comfortably controlled by a wireless, gyroscopic air mouse. The proposed system was positively evaluated by five experienced instructors in four full-day training units in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery on anaesthetised pigs.

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The authors would like to thank the participating instructors and trainees of the relevant MIUC courses at Aalborg University Hospital; in particular, chief surgeon Johan Poulsen and registered nurse first assistant in robotic surgery Jane Petersson.

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  1. Department of AD:MT, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    Martin Kibsgaard & Martin Kraus

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  1. Xiamen University, Fujian, China

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  2. KUKA Robotics, Augsburg, Germany

    Tobias Reichl

  3. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Austin Reiter

  4. University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA

    Gian-Luca Mariottini

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Kibsgaard, M., Kraus, M. (2016). Pointing with a One-Eyed Cursor for Supervised Training in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery. In: Luo, X., Reichl, T., Reiter, A., Mariottini, GL. (eds) Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy. CARE 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9515. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29965-5_2

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