SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERVENTIONS

摘要

The present disclosure provides a computer implemented method for facilitating a teaching surgeon to teach or assist a learning surgeon in minimally invasive interventions using a surgical instrument, said method comprising the following steps: displaying endoscopic images of an intervention site in real time on a display device, said endoscopic images being captured using a camera associated with an endoscopic instrument, tracking a movement of one or both hands of said teaching surgeon and/or a device held by said teaching surgeon, using a real-time tracking apparatus, wherein said real-time tracking apparatus comprises a tracking system and a computing device, wherein said tracking of said movement comprises the steps of recording a sequence of tracking information of one or both hands of said teaching surgeon and/or the device held by said teaching surgeon, said sequence of tracking information including real-time information regarding a movement of said one or both hands of the teaching surgeon and/or said device held by said teaching surgeon, and receiving, by said computing device or module, said recorded sequence of tracking information and extracting said real-time information regarding said movement of the one or both hands or the device from said recorded sequence of tracking information, and overlaying a visual representation of the tracked movement of said one or both hands or said device over the real-time endoscopic image, thereby allowing the teaching surgeon to carry out gestures with one or both hands which are displayed on the endoscopic image and allow for teaching or instructing the learning surgeon.