title: Validation of Robotic Surgery Simulator (RoSS).
abstract: Recent growth of daVinci Robotic Surgical System as a minimally invasive surgery tool has led to a call for better training of future surgeons. In this paper, a new virtual reality simulator, called RoSS is presented. Initial results from two studies - face and content validity, are very encouraging. 90% of the cohort of expert robotic surgeons felt that the simulator was excellent or somewhat close to the touch and feel of the daVinci console. Content validity of the simulator received 90% approval in some cases. These studies demonstrate that RoSS has the potential of becoming an important training tool for the daVinci surgical robot.
authors.affiliation: University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Thenkurussi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kesavadas
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stegemann
authors.forename: Gughan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sathyaseelan
authors.forename: Ashirwad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chowriappa
authors.forename: Govindarajan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srimathveeravalli
authors.forename: Stéfanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seixas-Mikelus
authors.forename: Rameella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandrasekhar
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilding
authors.forename: Khurshid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Guru
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface