Evaluating Proficiency on a Laparoscopic Suturing Task through Pupil Size

Yang Cao; Yo Kobayashi; Bo Zhang; Quanquan Liu; Shigeki Sugano; Masakatsu G. Fujie

doi:10.1109/SMC.2015.128

Evaluating Proficiency on a Laparoscopic Suturing Task through Pupil Size

Yang Cao^*, Yo Kobayashi, Bo Zhang, Quanquan Liu, Shigeki Sugano, Masakatsu G. Fujie

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Abstract

Eye-Tracking technology has been applied to surgical skill improvement and can observe differences in gaze data between the experienced and novice surgeon. Some eye trackers can even detect pupil diameter. We hypothesized that differences in technical proficiency among surgeons affect the extent of changes in pupil diameter, because the higher mental workload a laparoscopic task requires, the larger the person's pupil diameter dilates. In this study, we recorded the pupil diameters of pediatric surgeons while they performed a suturing task in a dry box environment. The more proficient surgeons exhibited a smaller distribution in pupil diameter than did the less proficient surgeons. Our data indicate that an individual's suturing proficiency is closely related to the degree of dispersion of pupil diameter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	677-681
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781479986965
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2015.128
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jan 12
Event	IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015 - Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Duration: 2015 Oct 9 → 2015 Oct 12

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Other	IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Kowloon Tong
Period	15/10/9 → 15/10/12

Keywords

Dry box
Eye tracking
Laparoscopic suturing
Pupil diameter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Information Systems and Management
Control and Systems Engineering

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Evaluating Proficiency on a Laparoscopic Suturing Task through Pupil Size. / Cao, Yang; Kobayashi, Yo; Zhang, Bo; Liu, Quanquan; Sugano, Shigeki; Fujie, Masakatsu G.

Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 677-681 7379260.

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Cao, Y, Kobayashi, Y, Zhang, B, Liu, Q, Sugano, S & Fujie, MG 2016, Evaluating Proficiency on a Laparoscopic Suturing Task through Pupil Size. in Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015., 7379260, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 677-681, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2015, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, 15/10/9. https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2015.128

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