title: 3-D position measurement for microsurgical evaluation.
abstract: A compact system for high-resolution three-dimensional measurement of microsurgical instrument tip position in the laboratory is under development. The system is useful for quantification of tremor, wander, and drift, as well as for other studies characterizing surgeons' motion in microsurgery, and for evaluation of engineered devices for enhancement of microsurgical positioning accuracy. Preliminary results are presented.
authors.affiliation: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. cam.riviere@cs.cmu.edu
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Riviere
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Khosla
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012371:Robotics; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014202:Tremor / Q000517:prevention & control; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery