Paradigms and experimental set-up for the determination of the acceptable delay in telesurgery.
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.
Perez
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M
INSERM ERI13, and department of Chirurgie Générale & Urgences, Pr Grosdidier, Hôpital Central, Nancy, France. m.perez@chu-nancy.fr
Quiaios
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F
Andrivon
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P
Husson
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Dufaut
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M
Felblinger
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J
Hubert
J
J
D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D017216:Telemedicine; D013997:Time Factors