Reconstruction, Enhancement, Visualization, and Ergonomic Assessment for Laparoscopic Surgery

Abstract

The goal of this work is to develop and test new technologies that will break down the barriers that block more surgeons from attaining and continuing to practice (without injury or pain) high levels of skill in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). This project will develop new technology by concentrating on three major research thrusts: Smart Image: the project will develop and evaluate new approaches for extrading fusing and presenting information cues from imagery and other data sources; Configurable Display: the project will develop new approaches for presenting existing data (video CT data) and extracted cues (3D reconstruction haptic cues etc.) to the user within a flexible configurable display environment; Ergonomic Assessment: the project will use existing technology and build new techniques as needed to acquire crucial ergonomic data relative to key factors of patient position technology configuration and instrument design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA469242

Entities

People

  • W. B. Seales

Organizations

  • University of Kentucky

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Data Processing
  • Display Systems
  • Endoscopes
  • Endoscopy
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Image Processing
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Three Dimensional
  • Video Cameras
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visualizations

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.