Skill Transfer and Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Surgery Procedures Using Visuo-haptic Communication

我们的短期目标是开发一个系统，能够比较专家外科医生和实习生使用生物测量信号提供的测量，因为他们执行他们的任务。我们的目标是不仅要比较灵活性，还要比较任务的精确性和安全性。长期目标是确定复杂的环肌MIS操作是否可以在专家外科医生和受训者之间通过多模态视觉-触觉引导使用你感觉是什么我感觉（WYFIWIF）范例进行转移。WYFIWIF范式最近已被证明是一个非常有效的方法，在技能转移和收购的各种应用程序。短期和长期目标相辅相成，因为我们将使用手势采集系统提供的测量结果来设计视觉触觉引导系统，并验证系统的工作效率。这种新的设计方法可以代表人机界面和先进的增强现实系统在医疗培训领域的科学突破。与CAMIS、高级人机界面实验室（AMMI）、UofA手术模拟新椅子和Quanser Inc.（一家专门从事触觉接口开发的加拿大公司），我们将解决这些重要的研究问题。

Our short term objective is to develop a system capable of comparing an expert surgeon and a trainee using measurements provided by bio-metric signals as they perform their tasks. Our goal is to compare not only dexterity but also task precision and safety. The long term objective is to determine if complex ambidextrous MIS manipulations can be transferred between an expert surgeon and a trainee by multi-modal visuo-haptic guidance using a What-You-Feel-Is-What-I-Feel (WYFIWIF) paradigm. The WYFIWIF paradigm has been shown recently to be a very effective approach at skill transfer and acquisition for a variety of applications. Both short term and long term objectives complement each other as we will use the measurements provided by the gesture acquisition system to design the visuo-haptic guidance system and to validate how efficient the system works. This new design approaches could represent a scientific breakthrough in human computer interface and advanced augmented reality systems in the field of medical training. In collaboration with CAMIS, the Advanced Man-Machine Interface Laboratory (AMMI), the new UofA chair in surgical simulation, and Quanser Inc. (a Canadian Company specialized in haptic interface development), we will address these important research issues.