Title :
Preliminary investigation of evaluating surgical performance using an IMU device
Author :
Stojanov, Toni ; Xu, Lichao ; Suvorova, Sofia ; Ioannou, Ioanna ; Vaithianathan, Tharshan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
This paper investigates the use of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) as a tool for evaluating surgical performance. The IMU device provides measurements of acceleration and rate of rotation readings which are then processed to obtain assessment metrics. The metrics investigated include stroke detection, stroke distance, as well as stroke time duration. The data processing involves expert systems for bias correction and error reduction for the accelerometer and gyroscope signals.
Keywords :
acceleration measurement; accelerometers; computerised instrumentation; expert systems; gyroscopes; inertial systems; medical signal detection; surgery; IMU device; acceleration measurement; accelerometer; assessment metrics; bias correction; data processing; error reduction; expert system; gyroscope signal; inertial measurement unit; rate of rotation reading; stroke detection; stroke distance; stroke time duration; surgical performance evaluation; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Gravity; Gyroscopes; Quaternions; Surgery; Vectors; Accelerometer; Gyroscope; IMU; ZVC; surgical evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks (IJCNN), The 2012 International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, QLD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1488-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-4393
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.2012.6252503
