Analysing usability and presence of a virtual reality operating room (VOR) simulator during laparoscopic surgery training

Li, Meng; Ganni, Sandeep; Ponten, Jeroen E. H.; Albayrak, Armaĝan; Rutkowski, A.F.; Jakimowicz, Jack J.

doi:10.1109/vr46266.2020.1581301697128

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“…Ideal virtual reality devices can be used for fundamental skills training in laparoscopic surgery and can fully simulate the entire surgical procedure. e emergence of virtual reality (VR) laparoscopic simulation technology has increased the attractiveness and authenticity of surgical training [3]. Moreover, haptic feedback is a crucial technique in the interactive VR system.…”

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“…However, the traditional VR technique only provides a watching model, and the deep interaction in human-computer interaction warrants further study. e combination of VR haptic feedback would bring about an innovative approach to promote students' learning outcomes and perceptions and practically improve the attractiveness and authenticity in surgical training [3]. Employing the VR + haptics approach helps learners continuously undergo the procedure, reducing the cost of physical animal tests [4], because the simulation process by VR can effectively transfer users to immersive situations [5,6], which trigger the generation of users' flow experience [7].…”

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Investigating the Effect of VR + Haptics Approach on Students’ Flow Experience and Outcomes: An Empirical Study on VR Laparoscopy

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Background. Virtual reality-based surgery training has become a promising trend in the sector of clinical education. Prior studies have confirmed the effectiveness of VR-based surgical simulators on training surgeons. Most existing papers employing subjective methods explored the students’ overall perceptions of surgical skills. However, few studies, from the multidimension perspective of learning performance, investigate how VR improves surgery skills. Participants. 37 college students were recruited in comparative experimental research. The experimental group was equipped with a VR + haptic surgical simulator, while the VR simulator without haptic feedback was used for the control group. Method. The study resorted to physiological approaches to investigate the influence of the VR laparoscopic surgical training system on students’ performance. Results. The experimental group scored higher than the control group in flow experience and has better performance in the four dimensions of operation evaluation skills. Conclusion. The study deposited that learners are more likely to exert to flow experience in a learning situation with haptic feedback, which will further improve medical students’ performance.

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Investigating the Effect of VR + Haptics Approach on Students’ Flow Experience and Outcomes: An Empirical Study on VR Laparoscopy

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“…Immersive VR laparoscopy simulation is emerging to enhance the attractiveness and realism of surgical procedure training. In the paper of Ganni et al [15], the usability and presence of a virtual operating room were reviewed through user evaluation, and the critical elements for immersive environments were established during laparoscopic procedure training. Thirty-seven surgeons and surgical trainees performed the entire cholecystectomy task on the application.…”

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Usability and Learning Environment of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Laparoscopic Surgery Training

Rosas-Paredes¹,

Tejada²,

Morante³

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One of the critical aspects of laparoscopic surgeries is the training and learning of medical students to acquire the experience and the correct use of the equipment, which is usually difficult due to different circumstances. One of the ways to improve these activities is by using Virtual Reality technology that allows immersion in scenarios that simulate reality, but to achieve its correct use, it is necessary to consider usability and its learning environment. This work aims to develop a simulator software in Virtual Reality that allows the training and learning of students in laparoscopic surgery, evaluating its usability and learning environment. The proposal was developed in five levels so that the student can have a greater concentration on each task; The levels developed are: clamps, clamps for the camera, cut, cut camera and cut with clamps; Each level has different tasks to perform with which the student will be able to interact in a more orderly way. The evaluation of usability and learning environment was carried out through the survey technique using the questionnaire instrument. The reliability analysis of the instrument was carried out using Cronbach's alpha test and using the correlation coefficient of its items by Spearman. The results showed that 85.85% of the surveys carried out were positive for the learning environment area and 81.18% of the positive surveys for the Usability area, so it is concluded that the proposal developed can help in the training of medical students procedurally and practically for the development of skills in laparoscopic surgery.

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“…Introducing an immersive training environment might be an alternative scheme. However, that could rise the dizziness problem and cause uncomfortable training experience [47].…”

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Quantitative Influence and Performance Analysis of VR Laparoscopic Surgical Training System

Peng¹,

Pan²,

Wang³

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Background VR surgery training becomes a trend in clinical education. Many research papers validate the effectiveness of VR based surgical simulators in training surgeons. However, most existing papers employ subjective methods to study the residents’ surgical skills improvement. Few of them investigates how to substantially improve the surgery skills on speciﬁc dimensions.Methods In this paper, we resort to physiological approaches to objectively research quantitative inﬂuence and performance analysis of VR laparoscopic surgical training system for medical students. 41 participants were recruited from a pool of medical students. They conducted four pre and post experiments in the training box. In the middle of pre and post experiments, they were trained on VR laparoscopic surgery simulators (VRLS). When conducting pre and post experiments, their operation process and physiological data (heart rate and electroencephalogram) are recorded. Their performance is graded by senior surgeons using newly designed hybrid standards for fundamental tasks and GOALS standards for colon resection tasks. Finally, the participants were required to ﬁll the questionnaires about their cognitive load and ﬂow experience.Results The results show that the VRLS could highly improve medical students' performance (p < 0.01) especially in depth perception and enable the participants to obtain flow experience with a lower cognitive load.Conclusion The performance of participants is negatively correlated with cognitive load through quantitatively physiological analysis. This might provide a new way of assessing skill acquirement.

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Analysing usability and presence of a virtual reality operating room (VOR) simulator during laparoscopic surgery training

Abstract: Analysing usability and presence of a virtual reality operating room (VOR) simulator during laparoscopic surgery training

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Investigating the Effect of VR + Haptics Approach on Students’ Flow Experience and Outcomes: An Empirical Study on VR Laparoscopy

Investigating the Effect of VR + Haptics Approach on Students’ Flow Experience and Outcomes: An Empirical Study on VR Laparoscopy

Usability and Learning Environment of a Virtual Reality Simulator for Laparoscopic Surgery Training

Quantitative Influence and Performance Analysis of VR Laparoscopic Surgical Training System

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