title: Development of the ultra-miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit WB3 for objective skill analysis and assessment in neurosurgery: preliminary results.
abstract: In recent years there has been an ever increasing amount of research and development of technologies and methodologies aimed at improving the safety of advanced surgery. In this context, several training methods and metrics have been proposed, in particular for laparoscopy, both to improve the surgeon's abilities and also to assess her/his skills. For neurosurgery, however, the extremely small movements and sizes involved have prevented until now the development of similar methodologies and systems. In this paper we present the development of the ultra-miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit WB3 (at present the smallest, lightest, and best performing in the world) for practical application in neurosurgery as skill assessment tool. This paper presents the feasibility study for quantitative discrimination of movements of experienced surgeons and beginners in a simple pick and place scenario.
authors.affiliation: Global Robot Academia, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. zecca@aoni.waseda.jp
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zecca
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sessa
authors.forename: Zhuohua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iseki
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takanishi
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008904:Miniaturization; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011361:Professional Competence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014159:Transducers