Creating a Smart Eye-Tracking Enabled AR Instructional Platform: Fundamental Steps

• Author / Creator

  Sanchez Perdomo, Yerly P

• Surgical procedures are demanding to learners because they need to perform and excel on the task to succeed, and eventually, provide a high standard of care to patients. During training, safety and proficiency are emphasized. However, the limited numbers of hours and instructor feedback for learning and practicing procedures in certain medical schools make it challenging to master surgical techniques. As a result, simulation has been implemented, and new technologies such as augmented reality (AR) are employed in medical and surgical education. In the design of a useful AR platform for learning and practicing surgical skills, it is necessary to provide only essential information, thereby reducing cognitive load to the user. In this project, we provide the foundation of a smart eye-tracking enabled AR platform for teaching the multistep procedure of chest tube insertion. In this thesis, we answered two core questions. First, can eye tracking and AR devices be synchronized and integrated into one platform to be potentially used for the practice of a chest tube insertion? Second, can eye tracking identify the moment of performance difficulty during a multistep surgical procedure, specifically a chest tube insertion? This project lays the foundation for a customized eye-tracking AR teaching platform for chest tube insertion.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Performance Difficulty
  • Surgical Education
  • Chest Tube Insertion
  • Eye Tracking

• Graduation date

  Spring 2020

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-qxgh-7g14

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