HoloPointer: a virtual augmented reality pointer for laparoscopic surgery training.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In laparoscopic surgery training, experts guide novice physicians to desired instrument positions or indicate relevant areas of interest. These instructions are usually given via verbal communication or using physical pointing devices. To facilitate a sterile work flow and to improve training, new guiding methods are needed. This work proposes to use optical see-through augmented reality to visualize an interactive virtual pointer on the laparoscopic.

Methods

After an interdisciplinary development, the pointer's applicability and feasibility for training was evaluated and it was compared to a standard condition based on verbal and gestural communication only. In this study, ten surgical trainees were guided by an experienced trainer during cholecystectomies on a lapa

SUBMITTER: Heinrich F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature