Precise Surgical Tool Guidance

Main researcher: Mine Dastan

Surgical tool guidance is a challenging task requiring 6 DoF precision. This project aims to improve the quasi-static visual elements of the state-of-the-art with a novel widget implementation considering the Human-centered design approach using Gestalt principles. We compare novel innvoative widget designs with the golden standard in a user test, measuring the performance and user usability.

Keywords

Surgical tool guidance, precision, perception, widgets, mixed reality

Related works

M. Dastan et al., “Co-Designing Dynamic Mixed Reality Drill Positioning Widgets: A Collaborative Approach with Dentists in a Realistic Setup,” in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,  Nov. 2024, link paper

M. Dastan, A. E. Uva and M. Fiorentino, “Gestalt Driven Augmented Collimator Widget for Precise 5 DOF Dental Drill Tool Positioning in 3D Space,” 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Singapore, 2022,  link paper

M. Dastan et al., “Precise Tool to Target Positioning Widgets (TOTTA) in Spatial Environments: A Systematic Review. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Nov. 2024, link paper

Collaborations

Narvis Lab, Technical university of Munich, Germany

Department of Operative Dentistry and Peridontology, Munich, Germany