Title
Blink-Based Estimation of Suturing Task Workload and Expertise in Microsurgery
Abstract
Eye-hand coordination is a central skill in microsurgery. To develop efficacious microsurgical training environments to support development of eye-hand coordination, it is important to understand the workload associated with visuo-motor tasks in microsurgery. We embedded an eye-tracker to a surgical microscope and collected eye-blink data of 10 participants during a microsuture training task. Blink-rate was shown to drop to low levels compared to a resting-state rate and be sensitive to the phases of microsurgical suture. We discuss these findings in the light of operator training in microsurgical environments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/CBMS.2018.00048
2018 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Eye tracking, stress management, microsurgery
Surgical microscope,Computer vision,Microsurgery,Operator training,Computer science,Workload,Instruction set,Human–computer interaction,Artificial intelligence
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2372-9198
978-1-5386-6061-4
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
5
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Roman Bednarik156148.77
Jani Koskinen200.34
Hana Vrzakova36211.41
Piotr Bartczak461.99
Antti-Pekka Elomaa561.99