title: Context-aware Augmented Reality in laparoscopic surgery.
abstract: Augmented Reality is a promising paradigm for intraoperative assistance. Yet, apart from technical issues, a major obstacle to its clinical application is the man-machine interaction. Visualization of unnecessary, obsolete or redundant information may cause confusion and distraction, reducing usefulness and acceptance of the assistance system. We propose a system capable of automatically filtering available information based on recognized phases in the operating room. Our system offers a specific selection of available visualizations which suit the surgeon's needs best. The system was implemented for use in laparoscopic liver and gallbladder surgery and evaluated in phantom experiments in conjunction with expert interviews.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anthropomatics IFA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, Germany. katic@kit.edu
authors.forename: Darko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katić
authors.forename: Anna-Laura
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wekerle
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Görtler
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spengler
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bodenstedt
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Röhl
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suwelack
authors.forename: Hannes Götz
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kenngott
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Beat Peter
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Müller-Stich
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dillmann
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speidel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine; D014584:User-Computer Interface