Improved depth perception with three-dimensional auxiliary display and computer generated three-dimensional panoramic overviews in robot-assisted laparoscopy

Fokko P. Wieringa; Henri Bouma; Pieter T. Eendebak; Jean-Paul A. van Basten; Harrie P. Beerlage; Geert A. H. J. Smits; Jelte E. Bos

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.1.1.015001

16 May 2014 Improved depth perception with three-dimensional auxiliary display and computer generated three-dimensional panoramic overviews in robot-assisted laparoscopy

Fokko P. Wieringa, Henri Bouma, Pieter T. Eendebak, Jean-Paul A. van Basten, Harrie P. Beerlage, Geert A. H. J. Smits, Jelte E. Bos

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Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 015001 (May 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.1.1.015001

Abstract

In comparison to open surgery, endoscopic surgery offers impaired depth perception and narrower field-of-view. To improve depth perception, the Da Vinci robot offers three-dimensional (3-D) video on the console for the surgeon but not for assistants, although both must collaborate. We improved the shared perception of the whole surgical team by connecting live 3-D monitors to all three available Da Vinci generations, probed user experience after two years by questionnaire, and compared time measurements of a predefined complex interaction task performed with a 3-D monitor versus two-dimensional. Additionally, we investigated whether the complex mental task of reconstructing a 3-D overview from an endoscopic video can be performed by a computer and shared among users. During the study, 925 robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures were performed in three hospitals, including prostatectomies, cystectomies, and nephrectomies. Thirty-one users participated in our questionnaire. Eighty-four percent preferred 3-D monitors and 100% reported spatial-perception improvement. All participating urologists indicated quicker performance of tasks requiring delicate collaboration (e.g., clip placement) when assistants used 3-D monitors. Eighteen users participated in a timing experiment during a delicate cooperation task in vitro. Teamwork was significantly (40%) faster with the 3-D monitor. Computer-generated 3-D reconstructions from recordings offered very wide interactive panoramas with educational value, although the present embodiment is vulnerable to movement artifacts.

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Fokko P. Wieringa, Henri Bouma, Pieter T. Eendebak, Jean-Paul A. van Basten, Harrie P. Beerlage, Geert A. H. J. Smits, and Jelte E. Bos "Improved depth perception with three-dimensional auxiliary display and computer generated three-dimensional panoramic overviews in robot-assisted laparoscopy," Journal of Medical Imaging 1(1), 015001 (16 May 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.1.1.015001

Published: 16 May 2014

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