title: Evaluations of tactile displays of physiological monitoring.
abstract: Physiological monitoring devices are used in the operating room (OR) to identify abnormal changes. They are currently detected by the anesthesiologist from direct observation of visual displays or by auditory cues. In an effort to improve OR safety, we explored the use of an alternative sensory modality, touch, to effectively and accurately convey patients' physiological information. To be accepted [1] such devices need to fulfill five criteria: learnability, errors, efficiency, memorability and satisfaction. We designed and compared various tactile displays in respect to some of these criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barralon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: S K W
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ansermino
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014159:Transducers; D014584:User-Computer Interface