Development of a wireless sensor glove for surgical skills assessment

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-679

  King, Rachel C ^a   Atallah, Louis ^a   Lo, Benny P L ^a   Yang, Guang Zong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body sensor networks (BSNs); Hidden Markov models (HMMs); Minimally invasive surgery (MIS); Sensor selection; Skills analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS (BSNS); EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; HAND EYE COORDINATION; HAND GESTURE; INSTRUMENT CONTROL; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MANUAL DEXTERITY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS); MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SENSOR; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SENSOR SELECTION; SKILLS ANALYSIS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SURGERY; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 70349413146     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2029614     Document Type: Article

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