title: A portable immersive surgery training system using RGB-D sensors.
abstract: Surgical training plays an important role in assisting residents to develop critical skills. Providing effective surgical training, however, remains as a challenging task. Existing videotaped training instructions can only show imagery from a fixed viewpoint that lacks both depth perception and interactivity. We present a new portable immersive surgical training system that is capable of acquiring and displaying high fidelity 3D reconstructions of actual surgical procedures. Our solution utilizes a set of Microsoft Kinect sensors to simultaneously recover the participants, the surgical environment, and the surgical scene itself. We then develop a space-time navigator to allow the trainees to witness and explore a prior procedure as if they were there. Preliminary feedback from residents shows that our system is much more effective than conventional videotaped system.
authors: University of Delaware, DE, USA.
authors: Xinqing
authors: X
authors: Guo
authors: Luis D
authors: LD
authors: Lopez
authors: Zhan
authors: Z
authors: Yu
authors: Karl V
authors: KV
authors: Steiner
authors: Kenneth E
authors: KE
authors: Barner
authors: Thomas L
authors: TL
authors: Bauer
authors: Jingyi
authors: J
authors: Yu
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers; D014584:User-Computer Interface