The Quiet Eye Phenomenon in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Alaa Eldin Abdelaal; Rachelle Van Rumpt; Sayem Nazmuz Zaman; Irene Tong; Anthony Jarc; Gary L. Gallia; Masaru Ishii; Gregory D. Hager; Septimiu E. Salcudean

The Quiet Eye Phenomenon in Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Authors: Alaa Eldin Abdelaal , Rachelle Van Rumpt , Sayem Nazmuz Zaman , Irene Tong , Anthony Jarc , Gary L. Gallia , Masaru Ishii , Gregory D. Hager , Septimiu E. Salcudean

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Abstract

In this paper, we report our discovery of a gaze behavior called Quiet Eye (QE) in minimally invasive surgery. The QE behavior has been extensively studied in sports training and has been associated with higher level of expertise in multiple sports. We investigated the QE behavior in two independently collected data sets of surgeons performing tasks in a sinus surgery setting and a robotic surgery setting, respectively. Our results show that the QE behavior is more likely to occur in successful task executions and in performances of surgeons of high level of expertise. These results open the door to use the QE behavior in both training and skill assessment in minimally invasive surgery.

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quiet eye minimally invasive surgery gaze behavior surgical training skill assessment

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@article{arxiv.2309.03395,
  title  = {The Quiet Eye Phenomenon in Minimally Invasive Surgery},
  author = {Alaa Eldin Abdelaal and Rachelle Van Rumpt and Sayem Nazmuz Zaman and Irene Tong and Anthony Jarc and Gary L. Gallia and Masaru Ishii and Gregory D. Hager and Septimiu E. Salcudean},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.03395},
  year   = {2023}
}

The Quiet Eye Phenomenon in Minimally Invasive Surgery

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