Gaze-contingent perceptually enabled interactions in the operating theatre.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Improved surgical outcome and patient safety in the operating theatre are constant challenges. We hypothesise that a framework that collects and utilises information -especially perceptually enabled ones-from multiple sources, could help to meet the above goals. This paper presents some core functionalities of a wider low-cost framework under development that allows perceptually enabled interaction within the surgical environment.

Methods

The synergy of wearable eye-tracking and advanced computer vision methodologies, such as SLAM, is exploited. As a demonstration of one of the framework's possible functionalities, an articulated collaborative robotic arm and laser pointer is integrated and the set-up is used to project the surgeon's fixation point in 3D space.

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SUBMITTER: Kogkas AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5509830 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature