Title
Improved depth perception with three-dimensional auxiliary display and computer generated three-dimensional panoramic overviews in robot-assisted laparoscopy
Author
Wieringa, F.P.
Bouma, H.
Eendebak, P.T.
van Basten, J.P.A.
Beerlage, H.P.
Smits, G.A.H.J.
Bos, J.E.
Publication year
2014
Abstract
In comparison to open surgery, endoscopic surgery offers impaired depth perception and narrower field-of-view. To improve depth perception, the Da Vinci robot offers three-dimensional (3-D) video on the console for the surgeon but not for assistants, although both must collaborate. We improved the shared perception of the whole surgical team by connecting live 3-D monitors to all three available Da Vinci generations, probed user experience after two years by questionnaire, and compared time measurements of a predefined complex interaction task performed with a 3-D monitor versus two-dimensional. Additionally, we investigated whether the complex mental task of reconstructing a 3-D overview from an endoscopic video can be performed by a computer and shared among users. During the study, 925 robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures were performed in three hospitals, including prostatectomies, cystectomies, and nephrectomies. Thirty-one users participated in our questionnaire. Eighty-four percent preferred 3-D monitors and 100% reported spatial-perception improvement. All participating urologists indicated quicker performance of tasks requiring delicate collaboration (e.g., clip placement) when assistants used 3-D monitors. Eighteen users participated in a timing experiment during a delicate cooperation task in vitro. Teamwork was significantly (40%) faster with the 3-D monitor. Computer-generated 3-D reconstructions from recordings offered very wide interactive panoramas with educational value, although the present embodiment is vulnerable to movement artifacts. © 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Subject
TS - Technical Sciences ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Mechanics, Materials and Structures Physics & Electronics ; Human Performances
Healthy Living
Biomedical Innovation
Endoscopic surgery
Robot guided interventions
3-D visualization
3-D reconstruction
Image perception
Observer performance
Image guided procedures
EAM - Equipment for Additive Manufacturing II - Intelligent Imaging PCS - Perceptual and Cognitive Systems
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jmi.1.1.015001
TNO identifier
501876
Source
Journal of Medical Imaging, 1 (1), 1-9
Document type
article