A sensorized instrument for skills assessment and training in minimally invasive surgery

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Trejos, A L ^a,b,c   Patel, R V ^a,b,c,d   Naish, M D ^a,b,c   Lyle, A C ^a   Schlachta, C M ^a,b,d  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force sensing; Mechanical design; Minimally invasive surgery and therapy; Position sensing; Skills assessment; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

FORCE SENSING; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY AND THERAPIES; POSITION SENSING; SKILLS ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING;

CALIBRATION; DESIGN; GAGES; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; LAPAROSCOPE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PATENT; POSITION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESEARCH; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SURGERY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 77954848829     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000421     Document Type: Article

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