Title :
Advanced Technique for Tele-operated Surgery Using an Intelligent Head-mount Display System
Author :
Cardenas, I.S. ; Jong-Hoon Kim
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
Recent medical-robotic developments have enabled tele-surgery to become a powerful treatment option when a surgeon is not available locally. But, even though tele-surgery has greatly improved, certain developments regarding the interaction between a surgeon and the remote surgical room is still in need of improvement, especially image display and camera movement. First, the use of two-dimensional imaging during tele-surgery causes a loss in depth perception, orientation and hand-eye disassociation. Likewise, the use of stationary screens can cause neck-strain to a surgeon. Also, the quality of data transmission during the real-time video streaming of a tele-surgery is a high priority issue. To approach these issues, we propose a new head-mounted device that provides a more ergonomic and intuitive feeling to tele-operational surgeons. This device allows them to naturally control the view of the camera via head movement, hence providing a three-dimensional view. And by enabling the head-mount display to provide the remote surgical camera with orientation information, our application-level Quality of Service framework can adjust image quality to prevent excess delay and jitter during robotic tele-surgical video. Thus, our device can provide high quality video, as well as a more natural and ergonomic feeling to performing tele-operated surgery.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical telemetry; data communication; ergonomics; medical robotics; real-time systems; surgery; video cameras; video streaming; camera movement; data transmission; depth perception; ergonomic; hand-eye disassociation; head movement; head-mounted device; image display; intelligent head-mount display system; intuitive feeling; medical-robotic developments; neck-strain; real-time video streaming; remote surgical camera; remote surgical room; robotic tele-surgical video; stationary screens; tele-operated surgery; tele-operational surgeons; two-dimensional imaging; Cameras; Ergonomics; Head; Robots; Streaming media; Surgery; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference (SBEC), 2013 29th Southern
Conference_Location :
Miami, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0624-6
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.2013.80