Title :
Objective skill analysis and assessment in neurosurgery by using an ultra-miniaturized inertial measurement unit WB-3 — Pilot tests —
Author :
Lin, Z. ; Zecca, M. ; Sessa, S. ; Sasaki, T. ; Suzuki, T. ; Itoh, K. ; Iseki, H. ; Takanishi, A.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Res. Inst. for Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
In recent years there has been an ever increasing amount of research and development of technologies and methods to improve the quality and the performance of advanced surgery. In several fields, such as laparoscopy, various training methods and metrics have been proposed, both to improve the surgeon´s abilities and also to assess her/his skills. For neurosurgery, however, the extremely small movements and target operating space involved have prevented until now the development of similar methodologies and systems. In this paper we present the development of an ultra-miniaturized inertial measurement unit (IMU) and its application for neurosurgery skill assessment in a simple pick and place scenario. This analysis is a preliminary yet fundamental step to realize a better training/evaluation system for neurosurgeons, and to objectively evaluate and understand how the neurosurgery is performed.
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; neurophysiology; surgery; neurosurgeons; neurosurgery; objective skill analysis; training-evaluation system; ultraminiaturized inertial measurement unit WB-3; Adult; Automation; Biomedical Engineering; Equipment Design; Humans; Laparoscopy; Magnetics; Male; Neurosurgery; Physicians; Robotics; Teaching; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5335116