Measuring situation awareness of micro-neurosurgeons

Abstract

Micro-neurosurgery is performed with high power microscope. The microscope provides a precise perception of operative neurosurgical anatomy. The surgery is conducted using miniaturized instruments through a small hole in the skull and spin channel. Although there are predefined routine procedures in the micro-neurosurgery, still surgeons have to maintain a high level of situation awareness (SA) to operate safely. In this paper I discuss about my PhD research that focuses on relationship between eye movement pattern and level of SA.