Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Science Communicator Platform

Stay connected! Follow us on X network (Twitter):
Share this content! On (X network) By
A Comprehensive Operating Room Information System Using the Kinect Sensors and Rfid Publisher Pubmed



Nouei MT1, 2 ; Kamyad AV1 ; Soroush AR3 ; Ghazalbash S2
Authors
Show Affiliations
Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, International Campus, Mashhad, Iran
  2. 2. Green Cyber Research and Development Center (GCRDC), Green Cyber Inc., Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
  3. 3. Department of Surgery, Dr. Ali Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing Published:2015


Abstract

Occasionally, surgeons do need various types of information to be available rapidly, efficiently and safely during surgical procedures. Meanwhile, they need to free up hands throughout the surgery to necessarily access the mouse to control any application in the sterility mode. In addition, they are required to record audio as well as video files, and enter and save some data. This is an attempt to develop a comprehensive operating room information system called “Medinav” to tackle all mentioned issues. An integrated and comprehensive operating room information system is introduced to be compatible with Health Level 7 (HL7) and digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM). DICOM is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. Besides, a natural user interface (NUI) is designed specifically for operating rooms where touch-less interactions with finger and hand tracking are in use. Further, the system could both record procedural data automatically, and view acquired information from multiple perspectives graphically. A prototype system is tested in a live operating room environment at an Iranian teaching hospital. There are also contextual interviews and usability satisfaction questionnaires conducted with the “MediNav” system to investigate how useful the proposed system could be. The results reveal that integration of these systems into a complete solution is the key to not only stream up data and workflow but maximize surgical team usefulness as well. It is now possible to comprehensively collect and visualize medical information, and access a management tool with a touch-less NUI in a rather quick, practical, and harmless manner. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.