Computer-Assisted Surgery Viewpoint Optimization
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computer-assisted operation systems face challenges in optimizing the viewpoint of imaging devices during operations, which affects the efficiency and effectiveness of procedures, particularly for novice users who struggle to master viewpoint optimization.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a processor to identify conditions during an operating session and define a more optimal viewpoint for the imaging device, which is then displayed to the user, either through automatic or semi-automatic switching, or by integrating graphical overlays to indicate the optimal viewpoint.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the imaging device viewpoint is manually adjusted by the user, then the user can control the viewpoint, but novice users struggle to master viewpoint optimization and operation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically optimizes the imaging device viewpoint without requiring manual user adjustment. The processor monitors operating conditions and autonomously determines optimal viewpoint parameters, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring expert user intervention for viewpoint optimization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors operating conditions and provides feedback to automatically adjust the imaging device viewpoint. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt to changing surgical conditions and maintain optimal viewing angles without user intervention.
2Productivity
If the system automatically switches viewpoints, then operation efficiency improves, but the user loses control over viewpoint selection
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides dynamic viewpoint adjustment capabilities that can operate in multiple modes. The level of automation is adjustable, allowing the system to transition between fully automatic viewpoint switching and user-controlled modes, adapting to different user preferences and surgical situations.
Solution Approach 2:
The viewpoint optimization system is designed to serve multiple functions: it can automatically optimize viewpoints, provide guidance overlays to assist users, or allow manual control. This multi-functional design ensures the system can adapt to different user needs and skill levels while maintaining operation efficiency.
3Loss of information
If graphical overlays are integrated to indicate optimal viewpoint, then user understanding improves, but display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The graphical overlays provide localized visual cues at specific positions in the display field to indicate optimal viewpoint directions. Rather than overwhelming the user with comprehensive information, the system applies targeted visual guidance only where needed, maintaining display simplicity while improving viewpoint information delivery.
Data Source
AI summary
A viewpoint optimization system is configured to determine a particular operation performed during an operating session by a computer-assisted operation system, the particular operation performed with respect to a body while an imaging device included within the computer-assisted operation system provides, for display on a display device during the operating session, imagery of the body from a first viewpoint; define, based on the particular operation, a second viewpoint for the imaging device that is more optimal for performing the particular operation than the first viewpoint; and direct the display device to switch, based on the defining of the second viewpoint, from displaying the imagery of the body from the first viewpoint to displaying the imagery of the body from the second viewpoint.