title: Microsurgical skill assessment: toward skill-based surgical robotic control.
abstract: A surgical skill assessment system was developed to quantify microsurgical skills. Infrared optical makers, an inertial measurement unit, and strain gauges were mounted on tweezers to record surgical tasks. In preliminary experiments, the tool tip trajectory, acceleration, and applied force were measured and microsurgery videos were evaluated by three expert surgeons. The preliminary results indicated the feasibility of the system by showing the significant difference between unskilled and skilled surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minakawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kozuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitsuishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012371:Robotics; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014202:Tremor