PMID- 19963881
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100317
LR  - 20200928
IS  - 2375-7477 (Print)
IS  - 2375-7477 (Linking)
VI  - 2009
DP  - 2009
TI  - Operability evaluation using an simulation system for gripping motion in robotic 
      tele-surgery.
PG  - 5106-9
LID - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332717 [doi]
AB  - Tele-surgery enables medical care even in remote regions and has been 
      accomplished in clinical cases by means of special communication lines. To make 
      tele-surgery a more common method of medical care, the surgical environment must 
      be made available using public lines of communication, such as the Internet. 
      Moreover, a support system during operation is required as the use of surgical 
      tools occurs in a delayed environment. In our research, we focus on the 
      operability of certain tasks conducted by surgeons during a medical procedure, 
      and aim to clarify the optimum environment for robotic tele-surgery using a 
      simulation. In the present study, we conducted an experiment to evaluate this 
      operability using a simulation system consisting of a virtual slave manipulator, 
      network simulator and an organ deformation calculator. The operability of a task 
      to grip soft tissue was evaluated using a subjective workload assessment tool, 
      NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX). Results indicate that operability changed over a 
      delay of 200 ms in the environment during the experiment. Future studies will 
      focus on clarifying a comfortable tele-surgical environment using the present 
      evaluation of operability. In addition, an intra-operative assistance system will 
      be constructed using a simulation.
FAU - Kawamura, Kazuya
AU  - Kawamura K
AD  - Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. 
      kawamura@aoni.waseda.jp
FAU - Kobayashi, Yo
AU  - Kobayashi Y
FAU - Fujie, Masakatsu G
AU  - Fujie MG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
JT  - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 
      Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International 
      Conference
JID - 101763872
SB  - IM
MH  - *Computer Simulation
MH  - *Evaluation Studies as Topic
MH  - Hand Strength/*physiology
MH  - *Motion
MH  - Robotics/*methods
MH  - Surgery, Computer-Assisted/*methods
MH  - Telemedicine/*methods
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2009/12/08 06:00
MHDA- 2010/03/18 06:00
CRDT- 2009/12/08 06:00
PHST- 2009/12/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/12/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/03/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332717 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009;2009:5106-9. doi: 
      10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332717.