Wireless virtual instrument measurement of surgeons' physical and mental workloads for robotic versus manual minimally invasive surgery

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 94, Issue , 2003, Pages 318-324

  Smith, Warren D ^a   Berguer, Ramon ^b   Rosser Jr , James C ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ERGONOMICS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERIES (MIS); MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; PHYSICAL WORKLOADS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES; ROBOTIC INTERFACE; ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANPOWER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 6344245941     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-938-7-318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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