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Design of a Multifunctional Operating Station Based on Augmented Reality (MOSAR)

Open Access
|Mar 2021

Abstract

Design principles of a novel Multifunctional Operation Station (MOS) using Augmented Reality (AR) technology (MOSAR) are proposed in this paper. AR-based design allows more ergonomic remote instrument control in real time in contrast to classical instrument-centered interfaces. Another advantage is its hierarchical software structure including multiple programming interpreters. The MOSAR approach is illustrated with a remote surgical operating station that controls intelligent surgical instruments. The implementation of the Operation Station (MOS) is based on the multiplatform open-source library Tcl/Tk, and an AR extension has been developed on a Unity platform, using Vuforia SDK.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2021-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
Language: English
Page range: 119 - 136
Submitted on: Nov 3, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 27, 2021
Published on: Mar 30, 2021
Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Veronika Ivanova, Plamen Vasilev, Ivilin Stoianov, Rumen Andreev, Ani Boneva, published by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
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