OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that robotic-assisted remote telepresence surgery with a signal transmission latency of greater than 300 ms may not be possible. METHODS: We evaluated the impact of four different latencies of up to 500 ms on task completion and error rate in five surgeons after completion of three different surgical tasks. RESULTS: The surgeons were able to complete all tasks with a latency of 500 ms. However, higher latency was associated with higher error rates and task completion time (TCT). There were significant variations between surgeons and different tasks. CONCLUSION: Surgeons are able to complete tasks with a signal transmission latency of up to 500 ms. The clinical impact of slower TCT and increased error rates encountered at higher latency needs to be established.
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OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that robotic-assisted remote telepresence surgery with a signal transmission latency of greater than 300 ms may not be possible. METHODS: We evaluated the impact of four different latencies of up to 500 ms on task completion and error rate in five surgeons after completion of three different surgical tasks. RESULTS: The surgeons were able to complete all tasks with a latency of 500 ms. However, higher latency was associated with higher error rates and task completion time (TCT). There were significant variations between surgeons and different tasks. CONCLUSION: Surgeons are able to complete tasks with a signal transmission latency of up to 500 ms. The clinical impact of slower TCT and increased error rates encountered at higher latency needs to be established.
Authors: Stavros A Antoniou; George A Antoniou; Jan Franzen; Stefan Bollmann; Oliver O Koch; Rudolf Pointner; Frank A Granderath Journal: Surg Endosc Date: 2012-02-15 Impact factor: 4.584
Authors: Shiyao Wang; Michael Parsons; Jordan Stone-McLean; Peter Rogers; Sarah Boyd; Kristopher Hoover; Oscar Meruvia-Pastor; Minglun Gong; Andrew Smith Journal: Sensors (Basel) Date: 2017-10-10 Impact factor: 3.576