Surgical Performance with Head-Mounted Displays in Laparoscopic Surgery

Abstract

The high-resolution HMD offered significantly better image quality and allowed faster task performance than a lower resolution model of HMD, and both performed better than the overhead display. The high-resolution HMD was not significantly more comfortable than the low-resolution model, given its added weight. HMDs alone may only be of incremental benefit in improving performance in laparoscopic surgery.However, their greatest promise is in their combination with other advances in imaging and image manipulation technology, as they open the door to individualized image display.

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