title: Paradigms and experimental set-up for the determination of the acceptable delay in telesurgery.
abstract: The aim of this work was to develop an experimental set-up and realistic paradigms to study the effect of delay on video flux transmission and surgical performance. Four exercises were performed by 15 surgeons with 5 different simulated transmission delays. Large standard deviation of the duration of an exercise was found. Even with a short transmission delay of 150ms, some surgeon found that the surgical procedure was not possible. Further work has to be done to have a better evaluation of the surgical precision.
authors.affiliation: INSERM ERI13, and department of Chirurgie Générale & Urgences, Pr Grosdidier, Hôpital Central, Nancy, France. m.perez@chu-nancy.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Quiaios
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Andrivon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Husson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dufaut
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felblinger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hubert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017216:Telemedicine; D013997:Time Factors